Question

the following passage is about iron eye, chief of the omaha, a tribe of native american. select the best evidence to support the statement that for iron eye, building a house was an attempt to get his tribe to move forward
\look ahead,\ iron eye had said when he returned, \and you will see nothing but the white man.\ he saw that the omaha way, his way, was forever changed. of what use now were hunting skills? of what use now were skills in tanning buffalo skins and drying buffalo meat? of what use now were sun dances and prayers to wakonda?
so, on a low hill overlooking the rich, flat bottomland beside the missouri river, iron eye built a two - story wood - frame house as a model for a new way of living. he plowed the heavy black soil with a yoke and oxen and divided the land into separate farms. he asked other omahas to build wooden houses on these farms.
from jon farms, native americans discover: the story of russel carlisle means. copyright 1994 by jon farms

Explanation:

To support the statement that building a house was an attempt to get his tribe to move forward, we analyze the text. Iron Eye saw that the old Omaha ways (hunting, traditional skills, dances, prayers) were no longer useful. Then he built a two - story wood - frame house as a model for a new way of living, plowed the soil, divided land into farms, and asked others to build houses on these farms. This shows that his house - building was part of introducing a new, forward - moving way of life for the tribe. The relevant text is: "So, on a low hill overlooking the rich, flat bottomland beside the Missouri River, Iron Eye built a two - story wood frame house as a model for a new way of living. He plowed the heavy black soil with a yoke and oxen and divided the land into separate farms. He asked other Omahas to build wooden houses on these farms."

Answer:

The text "So, on a low hill overlooking the rich, flat bottomland beside the Missouri River, Iron Eye built a two - story wood frame house as a model for a new way of living. He plowed the heavy black soil with a yoke and oxen and divided the land into separate farms. He asked other Omahas to build wooden houses on these farms." is the best evidence. It shows Iron Eye's actions of building a house as a model for a new way of living and encouraging his tribe to adopt this new way (by asking them to build houses on farms and engaging in new agricultural practices), which was an attempt to get his tribe to move forward.