Indigenous peoples' struggle for water

You would think that water is one of the most basic rights. However, privatization of water, together with the intensification of its use, have become important issues negatively affecting indigenous communities all over the world who now struggle to find this precious and basic liquid.
Read a quick article:
http://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/none/indigenous-peoples-and-water-rights
and
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/international-archives-60/233-water-law-and-indigenous-rights-in-the-andes