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Grand Chief Joe Norton is doubling down in the face of renewed protests about Kahnawake’s controversial membership law.

Norton appeared unfazed Tuesday upon learning that five Kahnawake Mohawks are challenging the so-called “Marry out, get out” law in a suit filed before the Canadian Human Rights Commission.

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“If there’s rulings against us, whether it’s by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal or by the courts, who’s going to enforce it?” said the grand chief in an interview with the Montreal Gazette. “If you want to live here and you’re non-native, there are restrictions on that … This is the law of the land, it’s not what you would find in the Constitution, it’s not in the Charter (of Human Rights and Freedoms), it’s not anywhere, it’s here.”

The membership law forbids Mohawks married to non-natives from living on the South Shore reserve. Though it’s been in place since 1981, the policy sparked a series of confrontations on the territory this spring. Some protested outside the homes of Mohawks in mixed marriages and others suspected of violating the policy had hateful messages spray-painted outside their houses.