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I solemnly swear

nītha _____ nikīhcītwān

ᓀᖬ _____ ᓂᑫᐦᒉᑤᐣ

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I will continue to serve

īkwa mina nikapacitan nātakīthimowin

ᐁᑿ ᒥᓇ ᓂᑲᐸᒋᑕᐣ ᓈᑕᑫᖨᒧᐏᐣ

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to serve the Nation as elected

tātipītotamān ōma ka nāwasōnikawiyān

ᑖᑎᐯᑐᑕᒫᐣ ᐆᒪ ᑲ ᓈᐘᓲᓂᑲᐏᔮᐣ

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and to set aside those interests

maka sīmāk ta pakitinamān īyakoni

ᒪᑲ ᓭᒫᐠ ᑕ ᐸᑭᑎᓇᒫᐣ ᐁᔭᑯᓂ

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to follow the laws

ta pimitisahamān anihi othasowiwina

ᑕ ᐱᒥᑎᓴᐦᐊᒫᐣ ᐊᓂᐦᐃ ᐅᖬᓱᐏᐏᓇ

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according to election act 2016 for elected leaders

ōhō nakasoniwiwina 2016 onīkānowīwina

ᐆᐦᐆ ᓇᑲᓱᓂᐏᐏᓇ 2016 ᐅᓀᑳᓄᐍᐏᓇ

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here in our lands and

ōta iskonikanihk ikācī

ᐆᑕ ᐃᐢᑯᓂᑲᓂᕽ ᐃᑳᒉ

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and no longer hold elected seat

takīhispathik ta pakitinikawiyānōma nitatoskīwin

ᑕᑫᐦᐃᐢᐸᖨᐠ ᑕ ᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᐏᔮᓅᒪ ᓂᑕᑐᐢᑫᐏᐣ

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I will use truth and honesty

ī wī āpacītayān tapwīwin kisik mitho tōtamowin

ᐁ ᐍ ᐋᐸᒉᑕᔮᐣ ᑕᐻᐏᐣ ᑭᓯᐠ ᒥᖪ ᑑᑕᒧᐏᐣ

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to the best of my abilities

īkwa nanisīkāc itōtamowin

ᐁᑿ ᓇᓂᓭᑳᐨ ᐃᑑᑕᒧᐏᐣ

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In Montreal Lake Cree Nation Government

ōta mōniyāw sākahikanihk othasowīwinihk

ᐆᑕ ᒨᓂᔮᐤ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᕽ ᐅᖬᓱᐍᐏᓂᕽ

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until I am done serving my term

māwis kīsipathiki nitatoskīwin

ᒫᐏᐢ ᑫᓯᐸᖨᑭ ᓂᑕᑐᐢᑫᐏᐣ

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to follow the duties

isīcikīwina īkwa itotamawina

ᐃᓭᒋᑫᐏᓇ ᐁᑿ ᐃᑐᑕᒪᐏᓇ

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and all laws of 2016

2016 īkwa omaookīhcītwīwin

2016 ᐁᑿ ᐅᒪᐅᐅᑫᐦᒉᑘᐏᐣ

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outside our nation too

wathawītimihk iskonikānihk mīna kisik

ᐘᖬᐍᑎᒥᕽ ᐃᐢᑯᓂᑳᓂᕽ ᒣᓇ ᑭᓯᐠ

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As I am part of Montreal Lake

isi tisi wīcihiwiyān ota moniyaw sakahikanihk

ᐃᓯ ᑎᓯ ᐍᒋᐦᐃᐏᔮᐣ ᐅᑕ ᒧᓂᔭᐤ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᕽ

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as long as I work for administration

isi tītatoskiyan picayihk atoskīwikamikohk

ᐃᓯ ᑌᑕᑐᐢᑭᔭᐣ ᐱᒐᔨᕽ ᐊᑐᐢᑫᐏᑲᒥᑯᕽ

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and I solemnly swear

īkwa mīna nikīhcītwān

ᐁᑿ ᒣᓇ ᓂᑫᐦᒉᑤᐣ

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I solemnly swear

nītha _____ nikihcītwān

ᓀᖬ _____ ᓂᑭᐦᒉᑤᐣ

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according to Montreal Lake Law

ōta mōniyaw sakahikanihk othasowīwinihk

ᐆᑕ ᒨᓂᔭᐤ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᕽ ᐅᖬᓱᐍᐏᓂᕽ

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I understand I must live properly

ninisitōtīn ta pimitisahamān kwayask pimātisiwin

ᓂᓂᓯᑑᑏᐣ ᑕ ᐱᒥᑎᓴᐦᐊᒫᐣ ᑿᔭᐢᐠ ᐱᒫᑎᓯᐏᐣ

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I understand if I fail at any of the laws

ninisitōtin kispin naspaci itotamani

ᓂᓂᓯᑑᑎᐣ ᑭᐢᐱᐣ ᓇᐢᐸᒋ ᐃᑐᑕᒪᓂ

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And I will serve the people

īkwa mina athisiniwak

ᐁᑿ ᒥᓇ ᐊᖨᓯᓂᐘᐠ

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I solemnly swear

nitha nikihcītwān

ᓂᖬ ᓂᑭᐦᒉᑤᐣ

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not to do anything for personal gain

īkā kīkway naspaciy tipithaw tī tōtamāsoyān

ᐁᑳ ᑫᑿᐩ ᓇᐢᐸᒋᐩ ᑎᐱᖬᐤ ᑌ ᑑᑕᒫᓱᔮᐣ

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to fulfill my duties

ī wī tipitōtamān īkwa

ᐁ ᐍ ᑎᐱᑑᑕᒫᐣ ᐁᑿ

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until the end of my term

mīkwac pimatoskīyāni kisik ta kisīthītamān

ᒣᑿᐨ ᐱᒪᑐᐢᑫᔮᓂ ᑭᓯᐠ ᑕ ᑭᓭᖧᑕᒫᐣ

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until the end of my term

ispi itōtamani nitatoskiwin

ᐃᐢᐱ ᐃᑑᑕᒪᓂ ᓂᑕᑐᐢᑭᐏᐣ

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I can be removed as an elected leader

notaw itōtamāni ikaci ika itotamani kīkwayi

ᓄᑕᐤ ᐃᑑᑕᒫᓂ ᐃᑲᒋ ᐃᑲ ᐃᑐᑕᒪᓂ ᑫᑿᔨ

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