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Listen to Oath of Office

oath of office

nītha _____ nikīhcītwān

ᓀᖬ _____ ᓂᑫᐦᒉᑤᐣ

A1

I solemnly swear

īkwa mina nikapacitan nātakīthimowin

ᐁᑿ ᒥᓇ ᓂᑲᐸᒋᑕᐣ ᓈᑕᑫᖨᒧᐏᐣ

E

I will continue to serve

tātipītotamān ōma ka nāwasōnikawiyān

ᑖᑎᐯᑐᑕᒫᐣ ᐆᒪ ᑲ ᓈᐘᓲᓂᑲᐏᔮᐣ

I

to serve the Nation as elected

maka sīmāk ta pakitinamān īyakoni

ᒪᑲ ᓭᒫᐠ ᑕ ᐸᑭᑎᓇᒫᐣ ᐁᔭᑯᓂ

M

and to set aside those interests

ta pimitisahamān anihi othasowiwina

ᑕ ᐱᒥᑎᓴᐦᐊᒫᐣ ᐊᓂᐦᐃ ᐅᖬᓱᐏᐏᓇ

Q

to follow the laws

ōhō nakasoniwiwina 2016 onīkānowīwina

ᐆᐦᐆ ᓇᑲᓱᓂᐏᐏᓇ 2016 ᐅᓀᑳᓄᐍᐏᓇ

U

according to election act 2016 for elected leaders

ōta iskonikanihk ikācī

ᐆᑕ ᐃᐢᑯᓂᑲᓂᕽ ᐃᑳᒉ

Y

here in our lands and

takīhispathik ta pakitinikawiyānōma nitatoskīwin

ᑕᑫᐦᐃᐢᐸᖨᐠ ᑕ ᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᐏᔮᓅᒪ ᓂᑕᑐᐢᑫᐏᐣ

Z4

and no longer hold elected seat

ī wī āpacītayān tapwīwin kisik mitho tōtamowin

ᐁ ᐍ ᐋᐸᒉᑕᔮᐣ ᑕᐻᐏᐣ ᑭᓯᐠ ᒥᖪ ᑑᑕᒧᐏᐣ

B

I will use truth and honesty

īkwa nanisīkāc itōtamowin

ᐁᑿ ᓇᓂᓭᑳᐨ ᐃᑑᑕᒧᐏᐣ

F

to the best of my abilities

ōta mōniyāw sākahikanihk othasowīwinihk

ᐆᑕ ᒨᓂᔮᐤ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᕽ ᐅᖬᓱᐍᐏᓂᕽ

J

In Montreal Lake Cree Nation Government

māwis kīsipathiki nitatoskīwin

ᒫᐏᐢ ᑫᓯᐸᖨᑭ ᓂᑕᑐᐢᑫᐏᐣ

N

until I am done serving my term

isīcikīwina īkwa itotamawina

ᐃᓭᒋᑫᐏᓇ ᐁᑿ ᐃᑐᑕᒪᐏᓇ

R

to follow the duties

2016 īkwa omaookīhcītwīwin

2016 ᐁᑿ ᐅᒪᐅᐅᑫᐦᒉᑘᐏᐣ

V

and all laws of 2016

wathawītimihk iskonikānihk mīna kisik

ᐘᖬᐍᑎᒥᕽ ᐃᐢᑯᓂᑳᓂᕽ ᒣᓇ ᑭᓯᐠ

Z1

outside our nation too

isi tisi wīcihiwiyān ota moniyaw sakahikanihk

ᐃᓯ ᑎᓯ ᐍᒋᐦᐃᐏᔮᐣ ᐅᑕ ᒧᓂᔭᐤ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᕽ

C

As I am part of Montreal Lake

isi tītatoskiyan picayihk atoskīwikamikohk

ᐃᓯ ᑌᑕᑐᐢᑭᔭᐣ ᐱᒐᔨᕽ ᐊᑐᐢᑫᐏᑲᒥᑯᕽ

G

as long as I work for administration

īkwa mīna nikīhcītwān

ᐁᑿ ᒣᓇ ᓂᑫᐦᒉᑤᐣ

K

and I solemnly swear

nītha _____ nikihcītwān

ᓀᖬ _____ ᓂᑭᐦᒉᑤᐣ

O

I solemnly swear

ōta mōniyaw sakahikanihk othasowīwinihk

ᐆᑕ ᒨᓂᔭᐤ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᕽ ᐅᖬᓱᐍᐏᓂᕽ

S

according to Montreal Lake Law

ninisitōtīn ta pimitisahamān kwayask pimātisiwin

ᓂᓂᓯᑑᑏᐣ ᑕ ᐱᒥᑎᓴᐦᐊᒫᐣ ᑿᔭᐢᐠ ᐱᒫᑎᓯᐏᐣ

W

I understand I must live properly

ninisitōtin kispin naspaci itotamani

ᓂᓂᓯᑑᑎᐣ ᑭᐢᐱᐣ ᓇᐢᐸᒋ ᐃᑐᑕᒪᓂ

Z2

I understand if I fail at any of the laws

īkwa mina athisiniwak

ᐁᑿ ᒥᓇ ᐊᖨᓯᓂᐘᐠ

D

And I will serve the people

nitha nikihcītwān

ᓂᖬ ᓂᑭᐦᒉᑤᐣ

H

I solemnly swear

īkā kīkway naspaciy tipithaw tī tōtamāsoyān

ᐁᑳ ᑫᑿᐩ ᓇᐢᐸᒋᐩ ᑎᐱᖬᐤ ᑌ ᑑᑕᒫᓱᔮᐣ

L

not to do anything for personal gain

ī wī tipitōtamān īkwa

ᐁ ᐍ ᑎᐱᑑᑕᒫᐣ ᐁᑿ

P

to fulfill my duties

mīkwac pimatoskīyāni kisik ta kisīthītamān

ᒣᑿᐨ ᐱᒪᑐᐢᑫᔮᓂ ᑭᓯᐠ ᑕ ᑭᓭᖧᑕᒫᐣ

T

until the end of my term

ispi itōtamani nitatoskiwin

ᐃᐢᐱ ᐃᑑᑕᒪᓂ ᓂᑕᑐᐢᑭᐏᐣ

X

until the end of my term

notaw itōtamāni ikaci ika itotamani kīkwayi

ᓄᑕᐤ ᐃᑑᑕᒫᓂ ᐃᑲᒋ ᐃᑲ ᐃᑐᑕᒪᓂ ᑫᑿᔨ

Z3

I can be removed as an elected leader

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