RCMP have charged the chief of Sioux Valley Dakota Nation in a sexual assault alleged to have occurred 41 years ago in western Manitoba.

Vincent Tacan, 65, was arrested last Wednesday and charged with sexual assault.

In a statement issued Monday, RCMP said the victim, who was under the age of 16 in 1984, reported the assault to the Virden detachment last May.

Neither the woman’s name nor the specific community where the assault took place are being released, RCMP said, adding the investigation is continuing.

Sioux Valley is located about 50 kilometres west of Brandon.

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