Building connection and miyo wahkohtowin in a welcoming gathering place where everyone belongs — through every season of the year.
A place to gather,
together
The Mamawi Atosketan Centre — the MAC — is a new home for community, youth, and culture in Maskwacis.
November 13, 2026
Opening day
Community · Youth · Culture
Three pillars
The Story, and Q&A
Treaty 6 territory
Why we're here
Community
01
Youth
Creating spaces where young people can learn, grow, and connect with their heritage and each other.
02
Culture
Honouring Cree culture through gatherings, language, arts, and teachings shared across generations.
03
Faces & moments from Maskwacis
Kenyon Bull with two other members of the greenhouse student leadership team at the International Zayed Sustainability Prize Hydroponic Garden.
Elias Mykat with the first crop from International Zayed Sustainability Prize Hydroponic Garden. Full Story: mans1.ca/news
Bella Potts, MAC Steering Committee member, Summer Team Lead & Inspire Mamawi Leadership support.
Pastor Tsholofelo Sebetlela, Inspire Mamawi Leadership founder, Soccer Camp leader.
Inspire Mamawi Leadership Summer Team, around Alberta and in Maskwacis.
Gordon Minde, Ermineskin Cree Nation Community Wellness Director, has collaborated with Pastor Tsholofelo Sebetlela for more than five years.
Joelene Yellowbird, Maskwacis Plant Knowledge Keeper and partner in creating The Creator's Gem at MAC.
Samson Cree Nation Communications Department*, Raydon Buffalo and Director Delorna Makinaw, co-organizers of community landscaping information and planning event. Landscape architect Jessica Tivy, far right. *Not pictured: Ashley Lightning.
Chief Izaiah Swampy-Omeasoo (Samson Cree Nation), an alumnus of MANS, greets Daenerys Buffalo at his inauguration ceremony. Daenerys and her brother Kostyn, both MANS students, were invited participants in the June 19 ceremony.