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.
By 1871, the federal government stopped signing treaties with Native Americans and replaced the treaty system with a law giving individual Indians ownership of land that had been tribal property. This Indian Homestead Act, official known as the Dawes Act, was a way for some Indians to become U.S. citizens. Under the Constitution, treaties are ratified by the U.S. Senate, not the House, even though the House has to appropriate the money to pay for them. 2  So Congress passed a compromise bill in 1871 that, in effect, brought an end to the treaty system.