Optometrists are doctors who perform eye examinations, diagnose vision conditions and prescribe corrective therapy. Optometrists differ from ophthalmologists, who are physicians with medical school training. Optometrists provide primary healthcare for specific eye conditions and refer patients who need surgery to ophthalmologists. Some optometrists work weekends and evenings to suit their patients' scheduling needs.
DAWES ACT. Formally titled the General Allotment Act of 1887, the Dawes Act (also commonly referred to as the Dawes Severalty Act) authorized the president of the United States to subdivide tribal reservations into private parcels of land that would then be allotted to individual members of each tribe.he Great Father: The United States Government and the American Indians. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1986. Washburn, Wilcomb. The Assault on Indian Tribalism: The General Allotment Law (Dawes Act) of 1887.
The General Allotment Act, known as the Dawes Act for its creator, Sen. Henry Dawes, attempted to integrate Native Americans into U.S. society by breaking Indian land into 'allotments' and destroying the tribal structure of Native life.ne of the starkest examples of this is in the Dawes Act of 1877. The General Allotment Act of 1877, known commonly as the Dawes Act, was introduced by Henry Dawes, a Senator from Massachusetts.