近年來臺灣政府和民間社會積極關注原住民族的知識發展，推動相關知識保存政策，不過由於當前有關原住民族知識的架構並不十分明確，範圍仍多分歧，導致各級政府部會或民間單位在原住民族知識保存、組織及傳遞相關政策訂定和推展方面，不易落實。本研究期望瞭解原住民族出版相關文獻的知識內容及類別，期望有助於社會對於原住民族知識特性和範圍的瞭解，有助於原住民族知識保存及發展的相關政策之研訂。本研究採質性研究取向，以文本分析法為主，首先透過文獻探討瞭解學者對於原住民族知識特性之詮釋與分類，收集國內有關原住民族之相關出版文獻，加以整理分析編碼，勾勒臺灣原住民族之知識分布。研究發現臺灣原住民族知識相關領域發展自1990年起出版數量大幅增加，並逐漸趨於穩定成長；依原住民族知識分類範疇分析，以「文化展現」、「傳遞／教育」、「營生」等三部分所佔為多；「媒介」、「法權」及「族群互動」等三部分較少。本研究根據研究發現，提出對於原住民族知識發展之特質並對未來原住民族知識組織與知識結構提出建議。

In recent years, indigenous knowledge has received significant attention in Taiwan. Yet, due to the lack of a clear definition and framework of indigenous knowledge, government ministries and social organizations at all levels face enormous challenges in legislation and policymaking concerning indigenous knowledge preservation, organization, and transmission. This research intends to analyze the scope of published indigenous knowledge contents in Taiwan. By taking a qualitative approach to identifying the characteristics and ranges of indigenous knowledge in publications, it hopes to contribute to knowledge organization research and facilitate policymaking on indigenous knowledge preservation. In order to do so, indigenous related publications are collected and textual analysis is applied. The results show that indigenous knowledge related publications grew substantially and then stabilized in late 1990. “Exhibition of culture,” “cultural transmission and education,” and “livelihoods” are three major areas in terms of number of publications, while the categories in “media,” “legal rights,” and “interaction among tribes” have the least publications. Based on the findings, suggestions are made for future research on indigenous knowledge organization.