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An enrolled Sn̓ʕay̓ckstx/Sinixt, Shelly Boyd is the Language and Arts teacher for Inchelium school on the Colville Indian Reservation.
Previously she was the Arrow Lakes Cultural Facilitator for Sinixt Confederacy/Colville Confederated Tribes (CCT).
Her work revolves around rights, title and interests of the Sinixt including the recent win at the Supreme Court of Canada which effectively reversed six decades of extinction. Shelly grew up in Inchelium on the Colville Indian Reservation with her six siblings, mother, grandmother, grandfather and great grandmother. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Eastern Washington University and a Master’s in Education from Gonzaga University. Shelly is also a producer of the film “Older than the Crown”.
