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__ Language __

The Maasai speak the Maa language. This is spoken by people in Sambura and the Chamus of central Kenya. Maa is a Nilotic language. This has been traced back to the east of present day Juba in southern Sudan. The Maasai belong to the southern group and refer to their language as Olmaa.

__ Beliefs __

The Maasai believe in a single but dualistic god. This god has two opposing identities. One is a gorgeous black god named Engai Narok. The other god is a red named Engai Wanyoki. But no matter what god you believe in you are still the same religion. Some people just have a controversy over what their god looks like.

__ Values __

The Maasai mainly value two things. That is cattle and their children. The Maasai try to have many children. They strive to have as many children as they can. The Maasai get money from cattle so to them there cattle are very important to them and they are always with their cows tending for them.

__ Behaviors __

The Maasai women have the job of raising the children, maintains the home, cook, and they milk the cows. The Men’s job is to tend the cattle and watch over them. The maasai do many things for fun like we do in America. They like to play soccer, volleyball, and basketball. Those are the three main sports they play. They also make jewelry such as ear rings. Necklaces and bracelets. __Primary:__ -Clarence Buxton, "District Commissioner, Narok to Officer in Charge, Masai Reserve, July 16, 1935 [Letter]," in Children and Youth in History, Item #55, http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/primary-sources/55 (accessed January 26, 2011). Annotated by Richard Waller *this website was a personal letter from awhile ago. This showed how they spoke and what was going on at that time. -"Maasai Murran as Rebellious Youth (20th c)," in Children and Youth in History, Item #53, http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/case-studies/53 (accessed January 26, 2011). *this website was really good. It gave a lot of background to the maasia culture. __Secondary__: [] *This was the most helpful, it wa set up the same way w hd to set up ours and it had everything I needed. __Print source:__ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;">Gall, Timothy L.. //Worldmark encyclopedia of cultures and daily life//. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Print. <span style="color: #494d4c; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 10px;">*Te print sourse had some some of the older information the websites did not. Tis informantion ended up being helpful. <span style="color: #494d4c; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 10px;">__Journal:__ <span style="color: #494d4c; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 10px;"> Document URL [] <span style="color: #494d4c; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; padding-top: 10px;"> *This website showed me what the Maasai people are into. For example what they wear and what there fashion is.