The present article proposes to show an analysis about the life plans of the Nasa indigenous from North Cauca (department in Colombia) and their form of organization, specially those who are located in the municipality and indigenous shelter of Jambaló, in relation to the conventional development plans, doing emphasis on the differences and convergences between one and another form of planning, in order to enrich the discussion on the ways of planning in the country and the need to re-mean the development and the everyday life