The death of a member of the Puyallup Tribe of Washington in a traditional smokehouse has been ruled an accident.
Romain James was 29, not 28 as earlier reported. He died on Tuesday night while participating in a ceremony at a smokehouse on the Swinomish Reservation.
A toxicology report is due in four weeks but the county medical examiner said the cause of his death was hyperthermia,
or overheating of the body.
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Smokehouse death ruled accidental
(The Seattle Times 2/19)
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