Pathfinders Masai/Maasai Nomadic people These research suggestions and websites might help you with your research on the Masai and other Nomadic peoples.  The Masai/Maasai are a colourful pastoral people, who live in the vast open spaces of Africa Great Rift Valley. Subject headings, Keywords (write the name of the people and the keywords, e.g. Inuit "way of life" Masai or Maasai                            Nomadic peoples            East Africa                                  Ways of Life  Kenya                                         Mongolia                      Aborigine                                     Inuit                                   Pygmy                                         Bedouins                                                          Roma (Gypsies)                             Sahara                                     Somalia                                       Mali                            Kenya                                         Asia                                     Agriculture                                   Nomadic herding Taureg                                        Where do Nomads Live?   hunter/gatherer's                          Pastoral Nomads   Trader/nomads          Information File Articles from National Geographics on Masai - Feb 2006 and Sept 1999. On African Marriage Rituals - November 1999; on Vanishing Cultures - Aug 1999 Dewey Numbers  - Look up the country name on the Library Catalogue and find the Dewey number for that country or type in a keyword as above.   Reference: 'World Book' encyclopedias  (look up the country and then find a sub heading "Way of Life"  or "The People") 'Geographica' 'People and Places' encyclopedias 'Encarta' (on your desktop)    'Africa, Africa' 960 On-line databases and websites          (also available from 'Library Online' page) EPIC database search http://www.tki.org.nz/r/epic/ In the orange highlighted area 'login to databases' TKI login - darfieldhs, password: 22darfieldhs.  Scroll down to 'Britannica online K-12' or the 'Discovering Collection' "access database" in blue box Type in Search terms and choose either Primary, Secondary or High School options National Geographic (great for all topics) http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ Websites http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomad (great place to start for definitions and lists of different tribes) http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/ (good place to start also) http://www.watchtower.org/e/20020222/article_01.htm  (Article on the Masai) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maasai (Maasi) http://rosswarner.com/Maasai.html (images) http://www.on-the-matrix.com/africa/masai_e.peoplasp (Masai and links to other indigenous peoples) http://www.churchworldservice.org/bbwafrica/kenya/activities.html (African activities to do) http://www.nationalgeographic.com/weepingcamel/livingtraditions.html#2 (Khans) http://www.africaguide.com/culture/tribes/maasai.htm (African peoples) http://www.africaguide.com/people.htm (photos) http://www.africaguide.com/culture/tribes/tuareg.htm (African people and culture) http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Nomadic+tribes (dictionary and blue highlighter hyperlinks) http://www.newint.org/issue266/facts.htm (facts on many nomadic people) http://www.e-mongol.com/mongolia_nomadiclife.htm (Mongolian nomads) http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/government/nomads.htm (nomad information) http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/12/g35/boundariesmove.html (map making)