RCMP have released the name of the man who died on the weekend in an altercation at the Chitek Lake Hotel.

Police were called to the hotel on Saturday and found the body of 46-year-old Jones Thomas of the Pelican Lake First Nation.

Investigators say 38 year-old Frederick Charles Harris, also from the Pelican Lake First Nation has been charged with manslaughter.

He was scheduled to appear in North Battleford court today.

An autopsy will be done tomorrow to determine the exact cause of death.