blood quantuma term first applied by the US federal government to determine which people had rights to services and land at reservations. The term has become a characteristic to define who is eligible for citizenship in a tribe, with membership open only to those who have a minimum blood quantum of Indigenous genealogical ancestry.Elon.io is an online learning platformWe have an entire course teaching Anthropology grammar and vocabulary.Start learning Anthropology nowYour questions are stored by us to improve Elon.ioYou've reached your AI usage limitSign up to increase your limit.