{"id":14184,"date":"2018-07-18T10:48:13","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T14:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=14184"},"modified":"2018-07-18T10:48:13","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T14:48:13","slug":"new-ndp-mpp-sol-mamakwa-takes-oath-of-office-in-oji-cree-adds-historic-treaty-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/18\/new-ndp-mpp-sol-mamakwa-takes-oath-of-office-in-oji-cree-adds-historic-treaty-recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"New NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa takes Oath of Office in Oji-Cree, adds historic treaty recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newly elected NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong) was sworn in with an addition to the formal Oath of Office \u2013 a pledge to respect the treaties signed with First Nations. Mamakwa took the oath in Oji-Cree as well as English.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnd, I solemnly affirm that, in the carrying out of my duties, I shall honour and respect the treaties signed with Indigenous Peoples.\u201d Mamakwa pledged in addition to the traditional oath.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s important that we name the treaties, and that we recognize and honour the Crown\u2019s commitments with Indigenous communities \u2013 only then can reconciliation happen,\u201d said Mamakwa. \u201cTaking the oath in Oji-Cree was important to me as well \u2013 that is my language and the language of many who call Ontario home, and to have it spoken in the chamber was a special moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mamakwa was inspired by NDP MP Romeo Saganash who recited the same pledge during his swearing-in after the last federal election. At the time Saganash noted that the 94th recommendation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) proposed that the Oath of Canadian Citizenship be modified to include recognition of the treaties with Indigenous Peoples, and drew inspiration from this recommendation.<\/p>\n

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Newly elected NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa (Kiiwetinoong) was sworn in with an addition to the formal Oath of Office \u2013 a pledge to respect the treaties signed with First Nations. Mamakwa took the oath in Oji-Cree as well as English.   \u201cAnd, I solemnly affirm that, in the carrying out of my duties, I shall …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[1597],"class_list":["post-14184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-provincial","tag-mpp-sol-mamakwa-kiiwetinoong"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-20 14:08:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14186,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14184\/revisions\/14186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}