India, June 22 -- The country elected its first Native American poet laureate and apologised for the genocide of aborigines in its largest and richest state on June 19, 2019

Two momentous events happened this week.

On June 19, the United States elected poet, musician and author Joy Harjo as its 23rd poet laureate. There was one other important detail though: Harjo, born in Oklahoma, is a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation and is the first Native American to be named poet laureate.

Also, on June 19, Governor Gavin Newsom stood in the shade of an oak tree on the banks of the Sacramento river in California, the United States' largest and richest state.

He solemnly read from an official document in the presence of Native American leaders...