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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)