There are various Malay communities in WestKalimantan, which can be divided into two broad categories:(1) Malay migrants from outside Kalimantan (West Kalimantan)or contemporary Malays and (2) local Malays or native Malayswho are considered as indigenous Malays. ContemporaryMalays are Malay people who came from various areas inSumatra, Riau Islands, Malay peninsula, East Malaysia(Serawak and Sabah States), and Brunei Darussalam.Considered as the earliest settlers of the island, native Malaysin West Kalimantan are strongly tied to the Dayak people.Such ties can be defined in terms of horizontal relationshipsbased on kinship and vertical relationships throughintermarriage and reproduction. In this perspective, the Malaysand the Dayaknese can be considered as close relativesbecause the native Malays are originally members of Dayak tribe who converted to Islam and regarded themselves asMalays. Malay people are well-known for their strong Islamicidentity, as evident in the existence of numerous Malay culturalcenters spread across the sultanates in West Kalimantan. TheMalays and their culture are still thriving and flourishing amidstthe challenges posed by the rapid growth of other culturesresiding in their domains. Taking globalization as a prevalentcontext, it is interesting to examine how the Malays manage tomaintain their culture vis-à-vis the dynamics of other people(such as the Dayak people, the Madura people, and otherethnic groups) and to investigate how Malay culture influencesother societies and cultures. This paper aims to reconstruct the dynamics ofMalay culture in West Kalimantan. This historiographicalproject is undertaken by applying historical method whichconsists of several main steps: searching for relevant sources,selecting the sources, interpreting the sources, andreconstructing events as relevant to the main topic.Bibliography consists of local sources, documents, and worksof foreign sch