Native Americans never got the concept of the wheel. Well, actually the Maya used wheels on some objects which were probably children’s toys. But they never made the leap that “hey, maybe these round things can help us move stuff!” That sort of eluded them.
The anthropological theory as to why there is no use of the wheel (other then toys - maybe!) is because there is no domesticated pack animal large enough to pull it. Remember the horse didn’t arrive until the Spanish came. I guess trying to domesticate the buffalo didn’t work (Besides the NA tribes were mostly migratory even without the horse!). In SA, they largest animal would be what - the Llama?
Maybe it makes sense!