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Listen to Oath of Office

I solemnly swear

nītha _____ nikīhcītwān

ᓀᖬ _____ ᓂᑫᐦᒉᑤᐣ

And I will serve the people

īkwa mina athisiniwak

ᐁᑿ ᒥᓇ ᐊᖨᓯᓂᐘᐠ

as long as I work for administration

isi tītatoskiyan picayihk atoskīwikamikohk

ᐃᓯ ᑌᑕᑐᐢᑭᔭᐣ ᐱᒐᔨᕽ ᐊᑐᐢᑫᐏᑲᒥᑯᕽ

In Montreal Lake Cree Nation Government

ōta mōniyāw sākahikanihk othasowīwinihk

ᐆᑕ ᒨᓂᔮᐤ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᕽ ᐅᖬᓱᐍᐏᓂᕽ

and to set aside those interests

maka sīmāk ta pakitinamān īyakoni

ᒪᑲ ᓭᒫᐠ ᑕ ᐸᑭᑎᓇᒫᐣ ᐁᔭᑯᓂ

to fulfill my duties

ī wī tipitōtamān īkwa

ᐁ ᐍ ᑎᐱᑑᑕᒫᐣ ᐁᑿ

according to Montreal Lake Law

ōta mōniyaw sakahikanihk othasowīwinihk

ᐆᑕ ᒨᓂᔭᐤ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᕽ ᐅᖬᓱᐍᐏᓂᕽ

and all laws of 2016

2016 īkwa omaookīhcītwīwin

2016 ᐁᑿ ᐅᒪᐅᐅᑫᐦᒉᑘᐏᐣ

here in our lands and

ōta iskonikanihk ikācī

ᐆᑕ ᐃᐢᑯᓂᑲᓂᕽ ᐃᑳᒉ

I can be removed as an elected leader

notaw itōtamāni ikaci ika itotamani kīkwayi

ᓄᑕᐤ ᐃᑑᑕᒫᓂ ᐃᑲᒋ ᐃᑲ ᐃᑐᑕᒪᓂ ᑫᑿᔨ

I will use truth and honesty

ī wī āpacītayān tapwīwin kisik mitho tōtamowin

ᐁ ᐍ ᐋᐸᒉᑕᔮᐣ ᑕᐻᐏᐣ ᑭᓯᐠ ᒥᖪ ᑑᑕᒧᐏᐣ

I will continue to serve

īkwa mina nikapacitan nātakīthimowin

ᐁᑿ ᒥᓇ ᓂᑲᐸᒋᑕᐣ ᓈᑕᑫᖨᒧᐏᐣ

I solemnly swear

nitha nikihcītwān

ᓂᖬ ᓂᑭᐦᒉᑤᐣ

and I solemnly swear

īkwa mīna nikīhcītwān

ᐁᑿ ᒣᓇ ᓂᑫᐦᒉᑤᐣ

until I am done serving my term

māwis kīsipathiki nitatoskīwin

ᒫᐏᐢ ᑫᓯᐸᖨᑭ ᓂᑕᑐᐢᑫᐏᐣ

to follow the laws

ta pimitisahamān anihi othasowiwina

ᑕ ᐱᒥᑎᓴᐦᐊᒫᐣ ᐊᓂᐦᐃ ᐅᖬᓱᐏᐏᓇ

until the end of my term

mīkwac pimatoskīyāni kisik ta kisīthītamān

ᒣᑿᐨ ᐱᒪᑐᐢᑫᔮᓂ ᑭᓯᐠ ᑕ ᑭᓭᖧᑕᒫᐣ

I understand I must live properly

ninisitōtīn ta pimitisahamān kwayask pimātisiwin

ᓂᓂᓯᑑᑏᐣ ᑕ ᐱᒥᑎᓴᐦᐊᒫᐣ ᑿᔭᐢᐠ ᐱᒫᑎᓯᐏᐣ

outside our nation too

wathawītimihk iskonikānihk mīna kisik

ᐘᖬᐍᑎᒥᕽ ᐃᐢᑯᓂᑳᓂᕽ ᒣᓇ ᑭᓯᐠ

and no longer hold elected seat

takīhispathik ta pakitinikawiyānōma nitatoskīwin

ᑕᑫᐦᐃᐢᐸᖨᐠ ᑕ ᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᐏᔮᓅᒪ ᓂᑕᑐᐢᑫᐏᐣ

As I am part of Montreal Lake

isi tisi wīcihiwiyān ota moniyaw sakahikanihk

ᐃᓯ ᑎᓯ ᐍᒋᐦᐃᐏᔮᐣ ᐅᑕ ᒧᓂᔭᐤ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᕽ

to the best of my abilities

īkwa nanisīkāc itōtamowin

ᐁᑿ ᓇᓂᓭᑳᐨ ᐃᑑᑕᒧᐏᐣ

to serve the Nation as elected

tātipītotamān ōma ka nāwasōnikawiyān

ᑖᑎᐯᑐᑕᒫᐣ ᐆᒪ ᑲ ᓈᐘᓲᓂᑲᐏᔮᐣ

not to do anything for personal gain

īkā kīkway naspaciy tipithaw tī tōtamāsoyān

ᐁᑳ ᑫᑿᐩ ᓇᐢᐸᒋᐩ ᑎᐱᖬᐤ ᑌ ᑑᑕᒫᓱᔮᐣ

I solemnly swear

nītha _____ nikihcītwān

ᓀᖬ _____ ᓂᑭᐦᒉᑤᐣ

to follow the duties

isīcikīwina īkwa itotamawina

ᐃᓭᒋᑫᐏᓇ ᐁᑿ ᐃᑐᑕᒪᐏᓇ

according to election act 2016 for elected leaders

ōhō nakasoniwiwina 2016 onīkānowīwina

ᐆᐦᐆ ᓇᑲᓱᓂᐏᐏᓇ 2016 ᐅᓀᑳᓄᐍᐏᓇ

until the end of my term

ispi itōtamani nitatoskiwin

ᐃᐢᐱ ᐃᑑᑕᒪᓂ ᓂᑕᑐᐢᑭᐏᐣ

I understand if I fail at any of the laws

ninisitōtin kispin naspaci itotamani

ᓂᓂᓯᑑᑎᐣ ᑭᐢᐱᐣ ᓇᐢᐸᒋ ᐃᑐᑕᒪᓂ

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