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Note: A clarification was appended to the bottom of this story.

A family in Kahnawake that was one of several to receive an eviction notice because of a law prohibiting non-native residence on the Mohawk territory woke up to graffiti scrawled on their house and car on Saturday.

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Terri and Marvin McComber, like other mixed native and non-native couples that have moved in together in the community on Montreal’s South Shore since 1981, received a letter in the fall from a group of residents informing them they were in violation of the 1981 Mohawk residency law and had to vacate by May 1.

But as the deadline passed on Friday, what had been billed as a peaceful protest outside their home was overshadowed by vandalism on their house and car that occurred overnight. Signs placed at the home said: “Marry out get out” and “Mohawk land for Mohawks.”

Around 11 p.m. Saturday night, Terri McComber said two young boys attempted to throw a Molotov cocktail at her home. However, the Kahnawake Peacekeepers deny that the boys tried to throw a Molotov cocktail at the McComber house.