Amy M. Briley

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Amy M. Briley
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Historian.

Amy M. Briley is the co-author of three top-selling Gabriel Dumont Institute publications, wâpikwaniy: A Beginner’s Guide to Métis Floral Beadwork, maskisina; A Guide to Northern-Style Métis Moccasins; and asowacikanisa: A Guide to Small Méits Bags. She is an avid bead worker and loves to sew in the traditional Métis style. A descendant of the Dumont clan, Amy is Métis from Saskatoon with ancestral connections to Batoche and Red River. She is a long-term employee of the Gabriel Dumont Institute in Saskatoon.

Her articles for the Manitoba Historical Society:

Walking Through History: Exploring an Early 20th Century Pair of Pointed-Toe Moccasins
Prairie History, Number 8, Summer 2022

Page revised: 2 December 2022