本文主旨在探討族群主流化在地方層次的實踐困境與可能的出路。作者企圖指出目前族群主流化的困境，期待引發更多的思考。作者觀察到，地方行政機關的本位主義甚至比中央還要強，然後再來是官僚化的系統對原住民權益的認識非常薄弱。再來就是部落的參與跟諮商機制未盡落實。部落因為政治地方派系的問題而沒有辦法整合，也因為這樣，部落缺乏具有公共性的參與跟討論的空間。此外，例如：部落人口外移是一個普遍現象，這背後隱含著部落的技術人才、所謂的菁英、所謂的人力資源，全部都外移到都市。在地方資訊流通的方面，部落接收資訊是很被動的。最後，作者強調，族群主流化的途徑不是一個由上而下的單一途徑，而是如何促進由下而上的途徑，甚至去找尋到更多元的可能性。任何有關權益的倡議、促進與落實，都必須要奠基於民族跟部落經驗上面，還有文化層面，才有可能促進族群主流化。

The main purpose of this paper is to explore the practical difficulties and possible solutions of ethnic mainstreaming at the local level. The author attempts to point out the current predicament of ethnic groups so as to evoke public attention and discussion. The author observes that the departmentalism of the local government is even stronger than that of the central government. In addition, the bureaucratized government system is very weak in understanding the contexts and rights of the indigenous people. The third is that the tribal participation and consultation mechanism has not been fully implemented. Due to local political factions, tribes cannot integrate well and thus lack the space for public participation and discussion. What is worse is the common phenomenon of the outflow of tribal populations. What follow are the outflow of tribal technical talents, including the outflow of the elite class and human resources. In terms of local information flow, tribal reception of information is very passive. Lastly, the author emphasizes that the approach of ethnic group mainstreaming is not a top-down approach, but rather a bottom-up approach. Any initiative, promotion, and implementation of Indigenous peoples’ rights and interests must be based on ethnic and tribal experiences, as well as cultural values. In doing so, ethnic mainstreaming may be realized.