However,in a public post on Facebook on Wednesday,the Jarrett family and elders from the Gumbaynggirr family condemned what they described as the “appalling actions” of their family member Richie Jarrett,who also goes by the name Bumagin.

“Richie does not represent our family. He holds no cultural mandate. He is proclaiming himself to be a cultural ‘lore man’ and it is very hurtful to see him try and use our culture this way,” the statement read.

The Murrawarri nation,the first nation in Australia to declare its independence from the Crown in 2013,said it supported the Aboriginal Tent Embassy for its 50th anniversary and condemned the protest group.

“We are disturbed that some of our citizens who are a part of this group have been involved in the threatening and abuse of traditional owners of the Ngunnawal nation that has been aired on social media and do not support these actions in any way.”

In other First Nations Facebook groups,community members have pleaded with individuals to dissociate themselves from the Original Sovereigns camp and return home to sit with elders. Their requests have largely been rejected,with the individuals instead committing to remain at the camp.

The new protest group consists of acoalition of interconnected groups involved in the “freedom” movement. Some Indigenous individuals who believe in theFreemen on the Land anti-government ideology front the group,which is also associated with the Original Sovereign Tribal Federation,an offshoot of the sovereign citizen movement.

The new camp has labelled itself Muckudda Camp,referring,according to one leader,Bruce Shillingsworth,to “storm coming” — an apparent referenceto the QAnon conspiracy.

The group first scorched Old Parliament House’s doors with fire on December 21,then causeda more serious and damaging fire on December 30.

Two more men were arrested in connection with the December 30 fire on Thursday,a 30-year-old NSW man from Bourke and a 38-year-old NSW man from Lindendale. Both will appear in the Canberra Magistrates Court on Friday.

Over the past fortnight,allegations of verbal and physical abuse have also been levelled against members of Muckudda Camp. In a public post to Instagram,Ngunnawal traditional owner Leah House alleges camp members had threatened female traditional owners and embassy council members.

”It was intimidating as a young woman to have six men confront me. They scared me the way they threatened to ‘take me’ and to deal with us in ‘tribal ways’,” Ms House – a domestic violence survivor – toldThe Age andThe Sydney Morning Herald this week.

Other Ngunnawal traditional owners,alongside senior figures in the history of the Tent Embassy,have also repeatedly asked the newcomers to leave and publicly condemned the camp’s Indigenous ringleaders for not observing cultural protocols and respectfully seeking permission to conduct ceremony and protest on their lands.

ACT Police has been targeting Camp Muckudda members with alcohol and drug testing on roads surrounding the site,and the National Capital Authority issued orders for the removal of semi-permanent structures erected in the past week.

The attention prompted Bundjalung man Luke Simpson to issue warnings and advice to group members “to not comply” with police and instead call camp leaders.

“We’ll deal with it,” wrote Mr Simpson. “We know your stunts[AFP]. Stop protecting the paedophile and bring him down to speak to us”.

Prominent members of the group have said they would remain in place “until the job is done” – a response to previous comments made by ACT Chief Police Officer Neil Gaughan that he wanted the protesters to have left the Tent Embassy by January 24,the eve of the Tent Embassy’s jubilee celebrations.

“On Saturday we plan to go through them doors,” said Mr Simpson in an Instagram video posted on Wednesday. “We just want to let you guys know that it mightn’t be smooth,it mightn’t run the best,but we’ve got to do what we’ve got to do,you know.

“On Saturday I’ll be there,man. I’ll be in the front line. If things are going to be sour,then I’m going to get smashed first ... I’m ready to take it if it comes,” said Mr Simpson.

In the same video,Muruwari and Budjiti man “Buddy” Shillingsworth said protesters had nothing to lose in their attempt to “go through the doors” on Saturday.

“You’re saying we don’t know whether the people[are] going to get shot or not when they walk through the door?

Well,if we don’t get shot we’re going to die of underlying health issues,we’re going to die of a broken arm,we’re going to die in custody ... You either die for something that’s worthwhile ... or allow what’s going on now to keep going on,” he said.

Mr Shillingsworth was arrested and charged after the clash on Thursday.

Earlier in the video,another group member Doris Duriye Osman says:“Yeah,I often say to people ... I’m willing to die for this if I have to. Because to me,if I don’t have my freedom,then life isn’t worth living,being enslaved like this. So,I’m going all the way. And that’s just how I feel.”

Australia’s largest anti-vaccine lobby group,and backer of Craig Kelly and Clive Palmer’s United

Australia Party,Reignite Democracy Australia is also courting the group in Canberra. In a live-streamed “influencers” Zoom call this week,a woman who identified herself as working on behalf of the organisation’s founder,Monica Smit,asked the group in Canberra to join an “international committee” being organised by Smit and US-based conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy,Jr.

“We have been talking to many different countries about how we form a committee with monetary law,tribal,everything across the board,obviously,to stop the young children being vaccinated,but we are looking for someone from your tribe,” the woman says,“because obviously,Monica has quite a lot of pull overseas.”

The Morning Edition newsletter is our guide to the day’s most important and interesting stories,analysis and insights.Sign up here.