This interest in sustainable development has been accompanied by an interest in important related issues, such as the conservation of natural resources and indigenous knowledge systems.

After the "Indigenous Knowledge" is defined from the aspect of culture,this paper states that indigenous knowledge has been widely adopted in daily life,rural development,forest resource protection and management,biodiversity conservation,medical treatment and health care,etc.

The role of indigenous knowledge in ecological protection,improvement of indigenous people\'s lives and the promotion of sustainable societal development has been recognized by scholars and research institutions gradually.

The education of provincial subject knowledge plays an important role in improving college students cultural qualities and cultivating their patriotic spirit.

Recitation to Land and water ——Comparisons of return to native between Xiao Hong and Chi Zijian;

However,local knowledge can have global meanings.

Local research is the tradition and aim of Chinese anthropology while emphasis on the study of minority local knowledge is a further step in the local study of anthropology.

In the countryside,where a large number of schools are widely distributed,knowledge learning should be based on the country life,which means enough attention should be paid to the important value of local knowledge in the learners′ understanding of the meaning of life as well as the development of local society.

In the paper, the author introduces the indigenous knowledge of nomads and the main constainsts of farm management, and gives some suggestions about the further development.

Based on the field work in Xizhou in Dali,this paper holds that sphere of ritual ceremony is the only indigenous knowledge of the native.