This book examines the challenges presented by indigenous people for oil and gas companies in the Arctic, and opportunities for their successful coexistence. The new prospect for the Barents Sea expressed in Norways High North Strategy (2006) could make this area the most industrialized in the Arctic. The Arctic is also a homeland for many different indigenous people, with over 40 different languages, and the native people say the North is their homeland. The investigation primarily addresses the following research question: What are the challenges with indigenous people for the oil and gas...