The Pacific is dotted with islands divided into three groups and classified as Polynesian, Micronesian and Melanesian. These islands are surrounded by thousands of corals, atolls and the vast Pacific Sea. Thanks to these conditions, Pacific Islanders have adapted well to their environment for thousands of years and sustained their development through their generations. Although the environment is sometimes harsh due to natural disasters such as tidal waves, cyclones, hurricanes and floods, they are able to survive because of their great knowledge known as indigenous knowledge, passed down from generation to generation. This essay will critically analyze the value of indigenous people in education for sustainable development. Highlight major events that can support indigenous knowledge such as dance, music, artifacts, sharing, orality and also technology. Indigenous knowledge is defined as the local ideas, skills and understanding that were discovered by our ancestors (Stension, M. 2006, P. 64-65). These local skills, knowledge, ideas and understandings are unknown in education today, but they are valuable and also give more meaning to education. There are many local skills that our Tuvalu people have used in the past to survive, such as the skills of fishing, healing, predicting weather forecasts, and planting gardens. They put this local knowledge into practice and also educated individuals from a young age. According to Stension (2006), indigenous fishing skills have been passed down from generation to generation and contribute to the development of people's survival (p. 65). It also helps individuals to be educated and meet the needs and desires of families (p. 65-66). For example in Tuvalu... middle of document...... apply to survive. Furthermore, Hunt (1969) believes that teachers must include indigenous knowledge in formal education as part of the school curriculum. This is because individuals were now encouraged every day to attend formal schooling. In the classroom, teachers must integrate indigenous knowledge into individual subjects. For example, indigenous knowledge of rug weaving may be included in art and crafts. Weather forecasting skills can be part of the basic sciences. This is the only chance that individuals can involve in the perpetuation of local knowledge. Supported by Tausie (1980, p. 35), the individual learns in the classroom Western knowledge such as the English language which dominated our traditional way of life. As teachers, it is our responsibility to lead children to learn their indigenous knowledge so that they can sustain their indigenous knowledge..