Read this paragraph from “Joy Harjo Is the First Native American Poet Laureate.”
"I don't have a defined project right now, but I want to bring the contribution of poetry of the tribal nations to the forefront and include it in the discussion of poetry," says Harjo. She is from Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is also an enrolled member of the Muscogee Creek Nation. She says that the U. S. is "in need of deep healing."
How does this paragraph contribute to the development of ideas in the passage?
It introduces Harjo's connections with the Native American community.
It highlights the problems Harjo sees in modern American culture.
It provides a short biography of Harjo and other poets from Tulsa.
It suggests what Harjo's work as a poet laureate might involve.
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