Posted: Jan 24, 2021 3:44 PM MT | Last Updated: January 25
Amy Willier, co-owner of Inglewood shop and gallery Moonstone Creation, has died.(Livia Manywounds/CBC)
Amy Willier, a Cree artisan and entrepreneur who championed her culture and community through her Calgary gallery, has died.
The 37-year-old ran Moonstone Creation in Inglewood alongside her mother, Yvonne Jobin, for more than a decade.
Melrene Saloy-Eaglespeaker, a close friend of Willier s, said anyone who walked into the pale pink building, marked with a medicine wheel sign at the corner of 10th Avenue and 12th Street S.E., would be met with a huge smile and an offer of a mug of tea, or a chance to sit and chat.