"It's a very quiet situation right now," Julian Fantino said in a phone interview from Caledonia. "We're on the ground still....we'll keep on doing what we have to do."

Tensions boiled over in eastern Ontario near Deseronto, Ont. Friday, when one of the protesters of a land claim dispute near that community, Shawn Brant, was arrested during a traffic stop.

Supporters rushing to the scene clashed with police. Two officers were slightly hurt and a cruiser's window was smashed.

Five Mohawk protesters were arrested and appeared in court Saturday, where they were ordered held in custody until Monday.

Brant, 44, faces charges of assault with a weapon, mischief, breach of recognizance and weapons dangerous.

The other four - all from the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory - face various charges, including assaulting police, assault with a weapon and mischief.

The group includes including Dan Doreen, 34, who led a group that erected a blockade a week ago on Deseronto's main road as part of a longstanding land dispute.

Two other adults who were arrested were released unconditionally.

The troubles near Deseronto prompted protesters to set up a blockade Friday on Highway 6 in Caledonia - the scene of another ongoing land claim dispute - as a show of solidarity with the demonstrators in Deseronto.

A release issued late Saturday from Six Nations protesters near Caledonia, Ont. said there were "no immediate plans" to take down a blockade of Highway 6.

But as of midnight Sunday there were no longer road blockades in either community, except for ones erected by police, said Fantino.

"There are no real blockages, except for the ones we put up," he said. "It's all peaceful now."

Fantino, who spent Saturday meeting with residents and First Nations leaders in both Deseronto and Caledonia, hoped tensions would remain low.

"The majority of the people are not into this," he said. There's an element that are stirring this up and causing a lot of trouble."

"The best thing we can hope for is they stay home and stop all this aggravating activity."

Fantino took the unusual step of calling a late Saturday night news conference in Caledonia to respond to what he called "outrageous lies" levelled at provincial police on the internet.

There are claims on blogs that police officers pointed their guns at women and children, broke people's arms and beat prisoners, Fantino said.

"I think it's inflaming what is already a very tenuous, very difficult situation," he said.

One aboriginal leader distanced himself and community leaders from actions of some of the protesters Saturday.

"The council did not sanction nor support Monday's blockage, or any blockage of the roads, to Highway 2 and Deseronto Road, nor do they condone violence," Chief Donald Maracle of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte told CTV.

"Our people have has a long history of being peaceful and diplomatic, and the recent events are not representative of our community," he added.

"People must take responsibility for their own actions."

Maracle insisted community leaders don't believe blockades or violence will resolve what he calls "170 years of injustice done to the Mohawk people", and pointed out negotiations continue to try to settle the land claim that's sparked the occupation of a quarry that's been ongoing since March, 2007.

"The land was never surrendered by the Mohawk people and remains part of the reserve, and continues to be ever since 1793," Maracle said.