Danny Ledoux has been charged with murder in the death of Cindy Joseph last week on the Mistawasis First Nation in Saskatchewan.
On March 3, Shellbrook RCMP received a call that a 28-year-old woman was unresponsive at a home on the reserve.
Joseph, who was from the of Ahtahkakoop First Nation, was taken to hospital in Shellbrook where she was pronounced dead.
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Mounties said they were known to each other.
Ledoux, 30 , is charged with second-degree murder. He is scheduled to make his first appearance in Prince Albert provincial court on Thursday morning.
Mistawasis First Nation is approximately 115 kilometres north of Saskatoon.