本研究是以新竹市原住民後代為研究對象，探討其在文化認同上對於自身屬於哪個社會群體的認同感以及自我概念及自我認知。文化認同是身份認同的其中一個最基本層面，代表著認同某個具獨特文化的群體，抑或是對文化的最根本理解方式。
本研究之研究方法上是採用質性研究方法，深入家庭訪談蒐集相關資料，取樣範疇包括族別、職業、性別、年齡、學歷、經濟、雙族裔身分，來做深度訪談探討。
本研究的主要結果，歸納如下：
1.主流社會對於原住民族刻板印象造成原住民族的心理、生理上的影響。
2.原住民二代文化認同的困境，不外乎自身的本質、家庭、學校、社會、國家政策的連結。

This study is based on Urban Indigenous descendants in Hsinchu City and explores their cultural identity on which social groups they belong to. Cultural identity is one of the most basic aspects of identity, representing the identification of a unique cultural group, or the most fundamental way of understanding culture. The research method of this study is to use qualitative research method, in-depth family interviews to collect relevant information, sampling categories including ethnicity, occupation, gender, age, education, economic position, dual ethnic identity, to do in-depth interviews.
In this study, the main findings summarize six key points:
1.The mainstream society''s stereotype of the urban indigenous people has a psychological and physiological impact on urban indigenous people.
2.The plight of the cultural identity of urban indigenous descendants comes from the link among their own nature, family, school, society and national policies.