Discuss the verses of “Bill C-31”
What will be an ideal response?
• The first verse refers to the history of enfranchisement, marriage, gender discrimination and status
• The second half of the verse hints at the unintended social consequences of the Bill for newly registered "C-31 Indians" who were not always welcomed back in their home communities.
• "The second verse describes the injustice suffered by Canadian First Nations men who volunteered to fight in World War II."
• The second half of the verse refers to the "so-called second-generation cut off rule, which results in the loss of Indian status after two successive generations of parenting by non-status Indians."
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A) Jean-Baptiste Lully B) Jean-Philippe Rameau C) Elizabeth Jacquet de La Guerre D) François Couperin
Which composition is a motet-chanson?
a. Kyrie of the Missa L'Homme armé b. Lamentatio sanctae Matris Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae c. Nuper rosarum flores d. Dueil angoisseus