"They'll be proud of themselves, they catching fish," he said. The homeland sits outside the remote West Daly community of Wadeye — the most incarcerated community in the Northern Territory.

Residents of a remote Aboriginal community have dropped a long running class action against the Territory government for allegedly failing to provide essential health and interpreter services.

Wadeye officers initially responded to reports of unrest around midday on Saturday, working to separate the groups involved. Tensions between families escalated into a community-wide disturbance.