在這篇論文中，我們先將了解多元文化主義的意義，包括描述、規範、以及政策三個面向，特別是政治哲學上的啟示。接著，我們想要了解，究竟相互競爭的結果，多元文化教育是否會沖淡原住民族教育。再來，我們將透過東華大學原住民民族學院的教學，來考察原住民族高等教育如何落實多元文化主義；除了課程、以及師資以外，我們特別要點出學院夾在教育部、原住民族委員會、以及校方之間所面對的困境。最後，我們將以原住民族發展研究所的調整，來看原住民族教育的可能發展。

In this study, we shall start with a brief introduction of the ideal of Multiculturalism, followed by an excursion into the development from Ethnic Studies to Multicultural Education, and an examination of the connection between Multicultural Education and Indigenous Education. Secondly, we will look into the promotion of education of Indigenous Peoples in Taiwan and Indigenous Education. Thirdly, we will investigate how higher education has practiced the goal of Multiculturalism as Dean of the College of Indigenous Studies at the National Dong Hwa University from 2008 to 2011. Fourthly, we will portray how the college is caught in the middle between the indifferent Ministry of Education and the incompetent Council of Indigenous Peoples. Before we come to the conclusions, we will show how Multiculturalism may be carried out by taking the example of the Institute of Indigenous Development and the Department of Indigenous Development and Social Work at the National Dong Hwa University.