“I am able to help businesses get from point A to point Z, literally overnight pretty much. And I have so many skillsets in terms of being able to train and develop my staff, which are now actually doing the capacity building.”

First Nation entrepreneur provides details of business growth cohort at economic summit
Chelsee Pettit has found herself once again in the spotlight at this year’s Reservation Economic Summit in Las Vegas.Pettit, a member of Aamjiwnaang First Nation in southwestern Ontario, attended last year’s Summit where she was presented with the 2025 Native Woman Business Owner of the Year Award for aaniin Retail Inc., a company that she founded in 2021. It sells a variety of products made by other Indigenous entrepreneurs.