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- parcellation/private land ownership - not understood -
- complex situation - in their minds - they think there still the larger land elsewhere - 

- Masai involvement in policy making -
- 80% of pop live in 20 yo of land - where govt resources are concentrated 
- Masai lands - not seen as productive - bec. they are regular land, not agricultural
- govt - not very pro-Masai
- uncultivated land = "idle" lands - so govt can take over for "other useful" uses.
- cattle - rent of wealth but not commercial,
→ livestock - more "friendly/pets" than commercial
- "rite of passage" - killing a lion - "prestigious" = to scare 
rivals - now - recruiting former lion hunters to become lion protector - community rangers
this practice was actually "wise" - killed only the old male lions - 
- engaged young people into Masai culture = to preserve mother tongue - vernacular - using media - 
- holiday inter-action among young people 
- gathering (w/ parents & elders)