Acknowledgement that Indigenous Knowledge cannot be assimilated and readily generalised within reductionist scientific paradigms is emerging. The reluctance of Indigenous Peoples to adopt reductionist science-based interpretations is justified. Science that stops at the point where reality is universal excludes consideration of how outcomes are understood and experienced by more holistic epistemologies including those of Indigenous Peoples. Culturally derived ways of knowing are beyond the realm of reductionist science and require approaches to decision-making frameworks that are capable of including culturally specific knowledge. Cultural indicators are a geographically specific means of enabling measurement of a particular culture’s attributes; however, to be appropriately recognised, the method of inclusion is at least as important. Therefore, cultural indicators, their definition and their measurement are the sole prerogative of Indigenous Peoples, and how Indigenous epistemologies are effectively empowered in frameworks is critical, as decisions are no longer being made in purely Indigenous contexts.

人们认识到，土著知识不能在简化主义的科学范式中被吸收和轻易地推广。土著人民不愿采用基于还原论的科学解释是有道理的。在现实是普遍存在的点上停止的科学排除了对更全面的认识论（包括土著人民的认识论）如何理解和体验结果的考虑。从文化中衍生出的知识方式已经超越了简化主义科学的范畴，并且需要能够包含文化特定知识的决策框架方法。文化指标是能够衡量特定文化属性的特定于地理位置的手段；但是，要适当地认识到，包含方法至少同样重要。所以，