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Blood Quantum

blood quantum was first introduced in 1705 by the Colony of Virginia, which adopted the “Indian Blood law.” This law was used to reduce the civil rights of Aboriginal people with or greater blood quantum. At this time, blood quantum, in part, was based on what White settlers saw before them, such as the darkness of a person’s skin. It was not based on the rules Tribal Nations had established for themselves to determine membership.

Over time, the use of blood quantum evolved as a way to determine whether aboriginal people were “Indian enough” to be eligible for certain land, goods, or services from the US government. This use of blood quantum developed because Tribal Nations signed treaties with the US government (and colonial leaders), where they agreed to share the land with the White settlers in exchange for healthcare, education, housing, and other rights.

Tribes did not start to use blood quantum to determine membership until 1934 when the US government introduced the Indian Reorganization Act.

problems with using blood quantum to decide who is considered a tribal member. For example, blood quantum doesn’t define one’s Indigeneity (how aboriginal you are). Rather, blood quantum, back to its origins, is based on racist ideas about what makes someone aboriginal. However, many people use it to exclude others, enact lateral violence, and make them feel like they aren’t “Indian enough.”
blood quantum way of determining tribal members is not traditional. Prior to the arrival of Europeans, tribal membership, for the most part, was based on kinship, and matrilineal and/or patrilineal descent. However, tribes also considered different factors. For example, it was common for communities to decide someone’s membership based on the individual’s relationship to and involvement in the community. It was also common for tribes to adopt non-native allies and friends into a tribe, or banished individuals from a tribe for committing crimes that negatively impacted the community.

Tribal Nations have the right as self-governing nations, to choose how they define tribal membership. However, many tribes, possibly without realizing the full impact, adopted blood quantum as the defining factor for membership. This is why we see different membership rules for different Tribal Nations today. That being said, there are efforts to return to traditional ways of determining membership, including rejecting the concept of blood quantum and relying upon lineal descent and other factors.

The idea of using blood quantum to determine tribal membership was developed by government officials as a way of releasing the US government from their treaty obligations to Aboriginal peoples. The idea was that over time, as aboriginal people intermixed with non-aborigine people, they would become extinct.
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Its the center of a black hole where matter and gravity come to infinity, and thats bad
Did you hear about that quantum singularity?
Yeah, i did, sounds bad if it gets near us.
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QUANTUMIZE

To make your dreams come true. Scientifically, this happens when you think of something you want to do, your thoughts then activate the growth of brain cells. This then guides your subconcious and concious through the steps of manifesting that dream into reality. The trick is, you must act apon those thoughts. Matter = thought + design.

Standing up for the first time creates brain cells that are engaged every other time you get up. If you never stand up again, your brain cells will eventually die off, you will then have to re-think what you need to do to stand up and re-grow those cells.
Billy: I am going to make the top 500 richest people in Australia.

James: Oh yeah! And how do you think you will do that?

Billy: I'll quantumize it. You'll have to wait an see...Do you want a job? I'll make you famous!

Another example is in the original Willy Wonker movie. When Grandpa George had to relearn to stand-up and walk after 30 years or so of staying in bed.
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Quantum Listening

Quantum Listening: Inclusive, all encompassing, way beyond ordinary listening and step forward for human beings, listening with every fiber of your being.
If I can use quantum listening with my husband, I will almost be able to see and feel what he sees and feels.
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Quantum is when you want something to be quantum. Quantum also means whatever you want it to be
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Quantum Physics

the act of penetrating a girl from behind using peanut butter as lube while a dog is eating her out, and then switching positions with the dog.
"Dude! me and your mum got together for some Quantum Physics last night."
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