Many in the Six Nations community say they want to end internal strife between elected and traditional leaders, so negotiations over the Caledonia standoff can resume.
But how to do that is still up for debate.
"It's going to come to a point where our negotiators ... they're going to start giving up if things don't shape up here with one voice," Confederacy supporter Butch Thomas told a crowd of about 250 at an emergency meeting Saturday night.
Thomas was one of several panelists, from the Confederacy and from elected band council, who attended the meeting at Six Nations Polytechnic.
The Confederacy called the meeting to discuss last week's clash between Chief Dave General, head of the elected band council, and Six Nations community members.
As a result of the incident, provincial and federal negotiators walked away from the table.
The federal government and the province said that they won't return to the table until Six Nations straighten out their internal problems, but they've set meeting dates for March 21 and 22.
Mohawk Chief and lead negotiator Allen MacNaughton said he came to the meeting to listen.
"There's been a division in this community for a long time and we need to be patient with each other," he told the crowd.
Band Councillor Ava Hill warned that the internal fighting will be exploited by the government. "We have to learn to get along for the sake of our communities," she said.
The meeting concluded with a decision that Hill take the community's concerns to the band council this evening.
Among the issues the meeting decided to bring forward was who should represent the community in the negotiations, said Lynda Powless, editor of the Turtle Island News.
Members of the community also expressed frustration with the pace of the negotiations. MacNaughton said he felt as though the Confederacy has been patronized at the table.