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In this Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014 photo Ken Snider, who drives a propane truck, fills a tank outside a home on the Standing Rock Reservation in Fort Yates, N.D. Snider said the price of propane on the reservation this winter peaked at $4.65 a gallon, which is more than doubling of the fuel’s cost has crippled efforts to stay warm _ and alive _ through the harsh winter where most people rely on propane to heat their often ramshackle homes. (AP Photo/Kevin Cederstrom)
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In this Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014 photo is Andrew Littlemoon Jr., 57, a disabled military veteran rents a home on the Standing Rock Reservation in Fort Yates, N.D. Littlemoon Jr., 57, said he worries about maintaining a propane supply through the end of the winter. (AP Photo/Kevin Cederstrom)
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In this Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014 photo is a propane tank outside a home on the Standing Rock Reservation in Fort Yates, N.D. The reservation is on the wind-swept Northern Plains where there is little to block the icy gales that whip in from the northwest and create wind chills as low as 50 below. Many residents live in homes, some with ill-fitting doors, others with boards tacked up where the windows should be, or deteriorating roofs that leak much-needed warmth. (AP Photo/Kevin Cederstrom)
