More than 90% of Loliondo's Maasai depend on rearing livestock on seasonal grasses there.

BBC: Tanzania's Maasai battle game hunters for grazing land

Ms Tenemeri raises cows and goats in Loliondo to pay for food and her children's schooling.

BBC: Tanzania's Maasai battle game hunters for grazing land

More than 60, 000 Tanzanian Maasai live in the 4000 sq. km. that make up Loliondo.

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In one Loliondo village, Maasai gathered from all over the district to discuss the issue.

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Loliondo's lush hills are where the Maasai take their cattle to graze during the dry season.

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Owned by royals from the United Arab Emirates, the terms of OBC's concession grant it hunting rights in Loliondo.

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Elias Ngorisa is head of the Ngorongoro District Council, under which Loliondo falls.

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Loliondo, Tanzania (CNN) -- Traditional Maasai living in one of the world's most famous wildlife centers are pitting themselves against the government in a fight for land.

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The Loliondo region in northern Tanzania lies along the famed southern migratory route, where herds of wildebeest and zebra graze at roadsides and antelope dart around the trees.

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The former coloniser guaranteed future land rights, but post-independence governments further restricted grazing rights and the latest proposal would remove almost 40% of Loliondo's highland prairie and forested mountains.

BBC: Tanzania's Maasai battle game hunters for grazing land