Sault Ste Marie 1671            04/14/2005
St. Lusson

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St Lusson claimed Western America at Sault Ste Marie in 1671 for France with no regard to the rights of the Ojibwa inhabitants to their own country.  The Ojibwa would later remove this cross when they realized what it represented.  This type of stupidity would contribute to the banning of the Black Robes (those who carried the cross) from the Lake Superior region until 1835.