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Listen to Oath of Office

I solemnly swear

A1

nītha _____ nikīhcītwān

ᓀᖬ _____ ᓂᑫᐦᒉᑤᐣ

And I will serve the people

D

īkwa mina athisiniwak

ᐁᑿ ᒥᓇ ᐊᖨᓯᓂᐘᐠ

as long as I work for administration

G

isi tītatoskiyan picayihk atoskīwikamikohk

ᐃᓯ ᑌᑕᑐᐢᑭᔭᐣ ᐱᒐᔨᕽ ᐊᑐᐢᑫᐏᑲᒥᑯᕽ

In Montreal Lake Cree Nation Government

J

ōta mōniyāw sākahikanihk othasowīwinihk

ᐆᑕ ᒨᓂᔮᐤ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᕽ ᐅᖬᓱᐍᐏᓂᕽ

and to set aside those interests

M

maka sīmāk ta pakitinamān īyakoni

ᒪᑲ ᓭᒫᐠ ᑕ ᐸᑭᑎᓇᒫᐣ ᐁᔭᑯᓂ

to fulfill my duties

P

ī wī tipitōtamān īkwa

ᐁ ᐍ ᑎᐱᑑᑕᒫᐣ ᐁᑿ

according to Montreal Lake Law

S

ōta mōniyaw sakahikanihk othasowīwinihk

ᐆᑕ ᒨᓂᔭᐤ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᕽ ᐅᖬᓱᐍᐏᓂᕽ

and all laws of 2016

V

2016 īkwa omaookīhcītwīwin

2016 ᐁᑿ ᐅᒪᐅᐅᑫᐦᒉᑘᐏᐣ

here in our lands and

Y

ōta iskonikanihk ikācī

ᐆᑕ ᐃᐢᑯᓂᑲᓂᕽ ᐃᑳᒉ

I can be removed as an elected leader

Z3

notaw itōtamāni ikaci ika itotamani kīkwayi

ᓄᑕᐤ ᐃᑑᑕᒫᓂ ᐃᑲᒋ ᐃᑲ ᐃᑐᑕᒪᓂ ᑫᑿᔨ

I will use truth and honesty

B

ī wī āpacītayān tapwīwin kisik mitho tōtamowin

ᐁ ᐍ ᐋᐸᒉᑕᔮᐣ ᑕᐻᐏᐣ ᑭᓯᐠ ᒥᖪ ᑑᑕᒧᐏᐣ

I will continue to serve

E

īkwa mina nikapacitan nātakīthimowin

ᐁᑿ ᒥᓇ ᓂᑲᐸᒋᑕᐣ ᓈᑕᑫᖨᒧᐏᐣ

I solemnly swear

H

nitha nikihcītwān

ᓂᖬ ᓂᑭᐦᒉᑤᐣ

and I solemnly swear

K

īkwa mīna nikīhcītwān

ᐁᑿ ᒣᓇ ᓂᑫᐦᒉᑤᐣ

until I am done serving my term

N

māwis kīsipathiki nitatoskīwin

ᒫᐏᐢ ᑫᓯᐸᖨᑭ ᓂᑕᑐᐢᑫᐏᐣ

to follow the laws

Q

ta pimitisahamān anihi othasowiwina

ᑕ ᐱᒥᑎᓴᐦᐊᒫᐣ ᐊᓂᐦᐃ ᐅᖬᓱᐏᐏᓇ

until the end of my term

T

mīkwac pimatoskīyāni kisik ta kisīthītamān

ᒣᑿᐨ ᐱᒪᑐᐢᑫᔮᓂ ᑭᓯᐠ ᑕ ᑭᓭᖧᑕᒫᐣ

I understand I must live properly

W

ninisitōtīn ta pimitisahamān kwayask pimātisiwin

ᓂᓂᓯᑑᑏᐣ ᑕ ᐱᒥᑎᓴᐦᐊᒫᐣ ᑿᔭᐢᐠ ᐱᒫᑎᓯᐏᐣ

outside our nation too

Z1

wathawītimihk iskonikānihk mīna kisik

ᐘᖬᐍᑎᒥᕽ ᐃᐢᑯᓂᑳᓂᕽ ᒣᓇ ᑭᓯᐠ

and no longer hold elected seat

Z4

takīhispathik ta pakitinikawiyānōma nitatoskīwin

ᑕᑫᐦᐃᐢᐸᖨᐠ ᑕ ᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᐏᔮᓅᒪ ᓂᑕᑐᐢᑫᐏᐣ

As I am part of Montreal Lake

C

isi tisi wīcihiwiyān ota moniyaw sakahikanihk

ᐃᓯ ᑎᓯ ᐍᒋᐦᐃᐏᔮᐣ ᐅᑕ ᒧᓂᔭᐤ ᓴᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᕽ

to the best of my abilities

F

īkwa nanisīkāc itōtamowin

ᐁᑿ ᓇᓂᓭᑳᐨ ᐃᑑᑕᒧᐏᐣ

to serve the Nation as elected

I

tātipītotamān ōma ka nāwasōnikawiyān

ᑖᑎᐯᑐᑕᒫᐣ ᐆᒪ ᑲ ᓈᐘᓲᓂᑲᐏᔮᐣ

not to do anything for personal gain

L

īkā kīkway naspaciy tipithaw tī tōtamāsoyān

ᐁᑳ ᑫᑿᐩ ᓇᐢᐸᒋᐩ ᑎᐱᖬᐤ ᑌ ᑑᑕᒫᓱᔮᐣ

I solemnly swear

O

nītha _____ nikihcītwān

ᓀᖬ _____ ᓂᑭᐦᒉᑤᐣ

to follow the duties

R

isīcikīwina īkwa itotamawina

ᐃᓭᒋᑫᐏᓇ ᐁᑿ ᐃᑐᑕᒪᐏᓇ

according to election act 2016 for elected leaders

U

ōhō nakasoniwiwina 2016 onīkānowīwina

ᐆᐦᐆ ᓇᑲᓱᓂᐏᐏᓇ 2016 ᐅᓀᑳᓄᐍᐏᓇ

until the end of my term

X

ispi itōtamani nitatoskiwin

ᐃᐢᐱ ᐃᑑᑕᒪᓂ ᓂᑕᑐᐢᑭᐏᐣ

I understand if I fail at any of the laws

Z2

ninisitōtin kispin naspaci itotamani

ᓂᓂᓯᑑᑎᐣ ᑭᐢᐱᐣ ᓇᐢᐸᒋ ᐃᑐᑕᒪᓂ

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