Hi, park enthusiasts. I'm your host, Dahlia Diambra, and the case I'm going to tell you about today is a story some of you might be familiar with.

It took place in Maasimara National Reserve in Kenya in 1988.

According to a travel website from Maasimara, the reserve borders Tanzania's Serengeti National Park and sits in the southwest part of Kenya.

It's more than 370,000 acres in size and features some of the most unique wildlife in the world.

Zebras, wildebeest, rhinos, lions, giraffes, elephants, and other species roam freely in this stretch of Africa's savannah.

Which is why the area attracts so many people to go on safari there. The word Maasai in the reserve's name

refers to the Maasai tribe that lived in the area long before British colonization started

at the turn of the 20th century. The tribe was known for its semi-nomadic lifestyle,

hurting livestock, and bright red robes that male warriors known as Shuka dawned. Today,

Messiah spelled the way British settlers spelled it, with two A's instead of three, but the proper

way of spelling it is actually M-A-A-I.

Back in the day when soldiers from Great Britain forced many tribe members off their native land,

bloodshed ensued.

The hand weapons the Maasai warriors carried were outmatched by their invaders' firearms.

And in the early 1900s, some members of the tribe signed agreements with white settlers

to hand over two-thirds of their most fertile land.

They were then relocated to less desirable parts of Kenya and Tanzania to live.

Despite this dark history, the tribe has still clung to its deeply rooted cultural traditions

and practices.

The people take pride in their land and all of the things that make it attractive to international tourists.

Visitors to the reserve can even visit the tribe's village and learn about their rich culture.

The word Mara in the reserve's name is the tribe's word for spotted, or spotted land,

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