AURORA's Land-Based Education has a purpose, whether it is through education, employment, and caregiving activities or through cultural ways of being and doing: gives individuals hope for their future and those of their families that they can provide, and having a belief in Spirit; gives a sense of belonging and connectedness within their families, and to community and culture; and finally, a sense of meaning and an understanding of how their lives and those of their families and communities are part of Creation and a rich history.