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 Dawes Act was an unmitigated disaster for tribal units. In 1900, land held by Native American tribes was half that of 1880. Land holdings continued to dwindle in the early 20th century.When the Dawes Act was repealed in 1934, alcoholism, poverty, illiteracy, and suicide rates were higher for Native Americans than any other ethnic group in the United States.ongress hoped that this system would end the dependency of the tribes on the federal government, enable Indians to become individually prosperous, and assimilate the Indians into mainstream American life. After 25 years, participants would become American citizens. The Dawes Act was widely resisted.