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.
Effects of the Dawes Act: The provisions of the Dawes Severalty Act were not upheld by the United States governmentâthe amount of land allotted to the natives depleted from roughly 150 million acres to 78 million acres in 1900. The 50% depletion was regarded as a surplus and usurped by the government.he Dawes Act emphasized severalty and the delivery of individual rights to Native Americans. The premise was to divide the land into allotments for individual Native Americans.