Photo by Barry Gray, the Hamilton Spectator.
Residents of Caledonia were in a surly mood yesterday as the native standoff on Argyle Street eventually spilled over into fisticuffs, obscenities and entrenchment on both sides throughout the day.

Photo by Sheryl Nadler, the Hamilton Spectator.
At the Six Nations barricade a native protester with flag in hand taunts residents after a barricade on Argyle Street was erected again.

Photo by Sheryl Nadler, the Hamilton Spectator.
Native protester Michael Laughing tosses bread and cheese at Caledonia residents on the other side of the Argyle Street barricade yesterday. Victoria Day has traditionally been a bread and cheese day for natives on the Six Nations Reserve.

By Matt Kruchak, Barb McKay and Marissa Nelson

The Hamilton Spectator; With files from Paul Choi

CALEDONIA (May 23, 2006)

Tensions that have simmered for weeks erupted full strength here yesterday as native and non-natives took to the streets en masse, at times by the thousands.

What appeared to start as a day of calm, quickly and dramatically took a turn for the worse. The dismantling of both the native and non-native barricades suddenly stopped and the confrontation turned to fists, obscenities and the entrenchment of both sides.

Argyle Street, the main highway through the small town, now has a deep trench across it, the tarmac crumbled in piles.

The following five images are from http://www.ckrz.com/index.html the local Six Nations radio station. There are more photos of the Six Nations reclamation available on their website which also has live audio streaming with regular updates on the situation there.