one-eighth
noun1
The fraction that represents the real number 0.125; ⅛.
- Blood quantum rules — which began as a colonizer practice designed to limit tribal citizenship but were later adopted by some Native peoples as a means of preserving cultural identity — require the tribe’s members to be at least one-eighth S’Klallam and to have at least one full-blooded S’Klallam ancestor.2023 May 16, Maud Newton, “Blending Native History and Myth Into Heartfelt Memoir”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2023:
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