The family of a 63-year-old Indigenous woman who was shoved to the ground by a WA Police officer will lodge a formal complaint.

The incident was captured on video by the woman's daughter.

Ms Beverley Hubert was in her own front yard when the incident occurred in Pegs Creek, Karratha, on Tuesday morning.

She told National Indigenous Times police came to her home looking for her nephew.

"My sister, her son and her daughter were there and we were talking," she said.

"She drove off, they put the siren on, pulled her up and she stopped. They said they wanted to talk to her son, my nephew.

"They said to them to step out of the car, and he got out. Then they were talking, we couldn't hear what the officers were saying but then they grabbed him and shoved him to the ground.

"That's when my sister and her daughter got out of the car and asked them the reason why they'd done that."

A short video of the incident shows Ms Hubert standing still in front of an officer when he shouts "get back" and shoves her to the ground.

Her daughter can be heard calling out: "My mother is a dialysis patient... my mother got knocked on the ground by the police, that's shame, why did you do that?"

Ms Hubert said the same officer pepper-sprayed her after she was pushed to the ground.

She said her family will file a complaint.

"We want to hold them accountable for doing things like that to elders," she said.

A spokesperson for WA Police said officers attended the premises to affect an arrest, and arrested a 33-year-old man who has been charged with offences including unlawful damage, no authority to drive, and obstructing a police officer.

The police spokesperson said officers called St John WA officers for "a 63-year-old woman who fell over, but she declined their assistance".

"She has been summonsed to appear in court at a later date on the offence of assault public officers," they said.

National Indigenous Times asked WA Police if the incident would be investigated.

The spokesperson said "any use of force must be justified, proportionate and necessary in the circumstances, and is subject to mandatory reporting and review".

"The West Australian Police Force utilises a range of less lethal tactical options to support officers in resolving incidents safely while minimising harm," they said.

"Police are trained to apply the minimum force necessary and to continually reassess and de-escalate where possible."