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One child has died and fourteen are in hospital after medics were called to an indigenous tribal land in Canada.

The tragic events unfolded at a single household in the Stoney Nakoda First Nation at around 11.45 on Wednesday morning.

GlobalNews reports that the ambulance service was called to reports of a child in "medical distress".

The Alberta Health Services later tweeted that one child had been declared dead at the scene and fourteen had been taken into hospital for treatment and assessment.

They ranged in age from four-months-old to late teens.

According to the Calgary Herald, the children have not suffered any violence or trauma.

Sources said the victims appeared to be suffering a "respiratory" condition rather than any external factors such as carbon monoxide poisoning.

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Officers from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police force were called and are supporting the invesigation.

The Stoney Nakoda Nation is made up of the three bands of indigenous people; the Bearspaw, Chinki, and Wesley First Nations, and each was involved in Treaty No. 7 negotiations with the British Crown in 1877.

The largest group of Stoney Nakoda Nation members lives in Morley located on the Bow River between Calgary and Banff.

As descendants of the great Sioux nations, Stoney tribal members prefer to conduct their conversation and tribal business in the Siouan mother tongue.