本研究主要探討都市原住民女性的就業經驗，進入原住民勞動合作社工作對他們的影響。以北部地區一家原住民勞動合作社的原住民女性工作人員為研究對象，利用參與觀察及深度訪談蒐集研究資料。研究發現由於性別、族群、階級、教育等多重弱勢，都市原住民女性先前在一般勞動市場工作，普遍都有被歧視的經驗。原住民勞動合作的工作成員以原住民為主，工作人員將原住民文化及宗教信仰融入工作環境與服務內容，提供當地社區的老人照顧服務，對原住民女性而言，在此勞動合作社工作是相當有意義的事，且有助於其發展集體的認同與支持。在原住民勞動合作社工作帶給她們諸多正向的影響，主要為增加自信及成就感、改善健康、促進親子互動關係及擴張人際網絡、自我及工作上的成長等。但勞動合作社經營管理不易，缺乏足夠的收入來源，工作人員的平均薪資比一般勞動市場低，在理想與現實中掙扎，這些原住民女性面對相當大的壓力與挑戰。

This study is aimed at analyzing the working experience of urban indigenous women and empowering experience that they obtained when they worked for an indigenous labor cooperative association. This study, which considers the major problems facing the association, is based on participant observation and in-depth interviews of the urban indigenous women working for the association. The findings reveal that these women have often experienced discrimination in workplaces before they were employed by the association. Such discrimination is the result of multiple levels of disadvantage relating to their gender, ethnicity, class, education, etc.. The workers of the association are mainly indigenous people, who have provided care services for elderly people in that community. A key finding is that the elements of indigenous culture and religion have been well incorporated into the care services. The workers have noted that their working experience at the association is very meaningful, and such experience helps them develop collective identity and support. The working experiences have affected these women in positive ways. Such experiences have increased their confidence and sense of accomplishment, having enhanced their health, parent-child interaction, social network. However, it is difficult for the workers to operate their business owing to lack of management experience. The average income of these workers in the association is lower than that of the other workers in the labor market. The lack of management experience and lower income have resulted in overwhelming pressure.