Shelly Boyd is a member of the Snʕayckstx (Sinixt/Arrow Lakes) band of the Colville tribe. A founding member of the Inchelium Language House in 2011 which is committed to the revitalization of language and culture in Lakes traditional territory. Currently her work revolves around the recently reversed declaration of extinction of Snʕayckstx people in Canada she believes there is a sacred responsibility that Indigenous people hold in speaking for that which has no voice.