Indigenous Communities from Kenya

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Maasai
Indigenous Group	Maasai (Also known as: Masai)
Location	Kajiado and Narok districts in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Also, in the Ngorongoro, Kiteto and Simanjiro districts of the Arusha region in Tanzania
Estimated Population	453,000 (1994, Wikipedia)
Environment	Savannah / Plain / Arid
Lifestyle	Semi-nomadic
Subsistence	Animal Husbandry / Agriculture
Level of Assimilation	Traditional
Language Family	Maasai Classification: Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Nilotic, Eastern, Lotuxo-Teso, Lotuxo-Maa, Ongamo-Maa Alternate Names: Masai, Maa, Kimaasai Dialects: Kaputiei, Matapo, Keekonyokie, Laitokitok, Purko, Iloodokilani, Damat, Kisonko, Loitai, Moitanik (Wuasinkishu), Siria, Kore, Arusa (Arusha), Parakuyo (Baraguyu, Kwavi)
Website URLs	Ethnologue: Maasai, A Language of Kenya Maa (Maasai) Dictionary Maasai Maasai Association: Preserving and Celebrating Maasai Cultural Heritage Maasai Language Project The Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania: Cattle People Wikipedia: Maasai
NGOs	Maasai Association: Preserving and Celebrating Maasai Cultural Heritage Maasai Education Discovery (MED) Maasai Environmental Resource Coalition (MERC) Survival International Terrawatu: Bridging Indigenous and Modern Worlds The Association for Progressive Communications The Maasai American Organization