本文主要是在報導世界原住民族高等教育聯盟（WINHEC）內的研究數量及內容的成長，因此內容聚焦於近代的研究以及期刊工作團隊。主要的目的在於探討WINHEC所出版的期刊、專題報導以及其他的活動，例如研究準則的發展等。本文同時也檢驗發展中研究的複雜性，而此研究是植基於在地知識，以及國際性廣義的原住民族知識概念。研究成果指出若研究者採用原住民族知識及認識論來進行研究，此種研究成果將有助於頌揚與維續原住民族。

This paper reports on the growth of research within the World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium (WINHEC). The focus is the research and later, research and journal working group. The intent is to discuss the publication of the WINHEC Journal, discussion papers and other activities such as the development of the Research Standards while analysing the underpinning imperatives to such work. The paper will also examine the complexity of progressing research, founded in local knowledge, aligned internationally to broader conceptions of Indigenous knowledge. The suggestion underlying this paper is that if research is undertaken from a position of Indigenous knowledge and epistemology, it will celebrate and sustain Indigenous people.