How do I invert colours on an EPS file with a transparent background in Adobe InDesign CS6?

Help!!
I'm fairly new to InDesign and pretty basic in terms of my knowledge but surely this can be done right?....
I have a black and white EPS logo which I would like to be transparent and white to put on a different colour background? (I do also have a JPEG version of the logo too if that makes any difference)?

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