"blood quantum" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-blood quantum.wav Forms: blood quantums [plural], blood quanta [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|blood quanta}} blood quantum (plural blood quantums or blood quanta)
  1. (US, sometimes proscribed, sometimes offensive) The fraction of a person's ancestors, out of their total ancestors, who are documented as full-blooded Native Americans. Wikipedia link: blood quantum Tags: US, offensive, proscribed, sometimes Categories (place): Native Americans
    Sense id: en-blood_quantum-en-noun-U~oEKvyW Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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