Porcupine, N.D. (AP) An easement dispute is forcing a North Dakota elderly couple to live without water, sewer or electricity in a small trailer on the Standing Rock Sioux reservation.
Douglas Skye and Darlene Wells have had to live without utilities for years. They live under those conditions because the two-track lane to their trailer crosses a few acres of private land between them and the pavement.
Skye and wells heat their home with a small propane heater and heat water on a propane grill. Their bathroom consists of a bucket they take outside to dump and bury the contents.
A tribal court judge has ruled in favor of the couple saying the landowner did sign an easement agreement. But the landowner insists an easement was never signed.