Ngurra Kayanta country is in the remote environment of the Great Sandy Desert that has never been the subject of settlement by non-Aboriginal people.

Several language dialects of the Great Sandy Desert were traditionally spoken in the determination area including Walmatjarri (pronounced Wahl-ma-tjah-ree), Wangkatjungka (pronounced Wahn-ka-junk-ah), Manyjilyjarra (pronounced Mahn-jill-jarrah) and Kukatja (pronounced Cook-ah-ja). Notably the words “Ngurra Kayanta” translated from Walmatjarri to English can be understood to mean “one country” or “belonging to one country”.

The native title holders possess knowledge of dreaming tracks, sites, songs and stories which have been passed down through generations. They share the central belief system of Tjukurrpa, which can be understood as “the Dreaming” or “the Law”, as other members of the Western Desert Cultural Block.