Did the Native Americans of North America know about the great kingdoms of the Inca's or Maya's to the south of them?

by Blitzkrieg_shanta
voyeur324

/u/Reedstilt has answered Did the Iroquois know of the Aztecs in pre-Colombian America?, which is related but not quite the same.

/u/RioAbajo answered a question nearly identical to yours in the past and one about trade along the Pacific Coast. /u/Mictlantecuhtli/ too.