部落是原住民族的根，亦是學習的「原點」。不同的外來政權帶來了不同的影響與衝擊，而原住民被迫接受新的文化與制度，包括來自於西方哲學思想的助人專業工作。台灣社會工作的發展至今，除了積極努力消弭社會不平等、不公義的社會現象外，亦積極進行本土化專業制度。然而，此種所謂的助人專業制度的強迫套用在具有特有文化價值觀的原住民族群，視具有文化意涵的原住民助人方式視為「不專業／不文明」，不僅戕害了原本原住民族群自己的助人方式與原有的社會權力結構，並進一步強化主流社會的助人文化霸權。因此，本文藉由國內外原住民（族）社會工作的發展現況與課程規劃探討未來發展方向與努力的重點。

For indigenous people, the tribe is their root and the source of their learning. Different incomers have had various influences and impacts upon the indigenous people of Taiwan, and they have been forced to accept the incomers' cultures and systems, including approaches to the helping professions which are based on Western philosophy. So far, the development of social work in Taiwan has aimed not only to eliminate social inequalities and social injustices, but also to promote localization of the social work profession. However, this kind of professional system has been imposed upon the indigenous peoples by those who have distinctly different cultures and perspectives and think that the indigenous helping approaches are unprofessional. This could destroy the indigenous helping approaches and their social authority and thus enhance the professional hegemony of mainstream social work. Therefore, this paper explores the experiences of indigenous social work education and practice in other countries and discusses the development of indigenous social work in Taiwan. The paper will provide some suggestions for developing indigenous social work education and training approaches to meet the needs of indigenous tribal development.