Plans to remove an aboriginal blockade of a road near Caledonia, Ont., have been delayed because area residents have set up a blockade of their own.
Ontario Provincial Police members line up to block protesters after a rally on April 24 in Caledonia, Ont. (Canadian Press)
FROM MAY 21, 2006: Caledonia blockade coming down on Monday, reporter says
Janie Jamieson, a spokeswoman for the Six Nations, said Sunday the protesters are staying put until Caledonia residents allow the aboriginals to get through.
The second blockade began Friday night as part of a weekly demonstration by some members of the community near Hamilton who are frustrated by the aboriginal barricade on Highway 6.
FROM APRIL 29, 2006: Ontario offers to compensate Caledonia developers: report
Jamieson says the decision to remove the Six Nations blockade Monday morning was a goodwill gesture that they now regret.
The original blockade was erected in mid-April by Six Nations protesters who say a housing development is being built on land stolen from them more than 200 years ago.
Any inconvenience for area residents is negligible compared to the hundreds of years of abuse and neglect experienced by Six Nations members, Jamieson said.