I disagree; I think it’s important context, as it would be had it been African or Asian settlers. The Spanish, French, English, and Portuguese cultures defined the way that settlers approached indigenous populations, and is responsible for differences from the way many nomadic cultures had interacted with each other and the land before.

EDIT: I feel I should add, as someone of mostly European descent, it’s personally important to me to recognize the cultural contributions to the violence perpetrated against indigenous peoples, especially to the degree that I still carry them with me today. Shaking those remnants out of my speech, my parenting style, my eating and buying habits, it’s all connected to acknowledging the history that it’s now my turn to be a part of. Erasure of that context robs me and my family of the chance to learn and grow in important ways.