ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that some indigenous actors in the Russian Arctic can be seen as entrepreneurs. It considers how the term "entrepreneurship" has been dealt with in the literature on economics and business management concerning the situation of post-socialist countries. The chapter refers to anthropological observations of entrepreneurs by Fredrik Barth. His observation of the entrepreneur as a person who finds channels of value change provides us with a foundation for the argument of the chapter. The chapter considers some examples of entrepreneurial activities from the ethnographies of the indigenous peoples in the Russian Far North. Reexamining the way of entrepreneurial realization among indigenous peoples, it pursues the possibility of building a bridge between the local population's well-being and the development of natural resources. The concept of entrepreneurship has attracted a great deal of attention in the literature on post-socialist economic situations. The economic environment of post-socialist countries is quite different from that of Western countries.
