Since the middle of the last century, some Latin American indigenous organizations have madeprogress in building their own education experiences. Focused on the educational praxis of theRegional Indigenous Council of Cauca, in this work I analyze the indigenous research processes thatare necessary to build intercultural curricula and intercultural practices. I am interested in releasingthree central questions: a) how the articulation between own education and research has beenproduced, b) the way in which this articulation forces to reconceptualize the work of investigating,and c) the elements that it offers to deepen the construction of alternative socio-educational praxis.Keywords: intercultural bilingual education, indigenous research, indigenous movement, socialmovements.