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A qualitative, exploratory, and comparative design was adopted. Participants included 13 indigenous students enrolled in the intercultural education degree program at the Federal University of Goi\u00e1s and 14 non-indigenous individuals living in the central-west region of Brazil. Data were collected through three open-ended questions addressing well-being, happiness, and meaning in life. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using initial and focused coding procedures grounded in constructivist grounded theory, supported by computational tools based on large language models. The findings revealed common categories across both groups, such as family and community relationships, meaningful work and teaching, physical and mental health, and realization of aspirations. However, these categories acquire distinct meanings across different cultural frameworks. Among indigenous participants, well-being was conceived as a relational, collective, and territorially grounded experience, integrating culture, spirituality, ancestry, and nature. In contrast, non-indigenous participants emphasized more individualized narratives, centered on personal progress, consumption, and immediate pleasures. 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