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- From the family heirloom, to the tattered clump on a tractor seat, these rugs are an art form that embodies several ancient Finnish values. Rugs are made with recycled materials, they represent cultural beliefs, aesthetic practices and family history.
- When the immigrants came to America, their cultures entered the "great melting pot." In Michigan's Upper Peninsula Finnish immigrants mixed their musical traditions with many other cultures, creating a sound that was unique to the "Copper Country."
- Winona, Michigan, a former copper mining town is fast becoming a "ghost town." This film tells Winona's story from the mouths of the old timers who lived through the boom and bust era.
- Finns became the most rural of all European immigrant groups. They created "havens in the woods," cultural islands surrounded by forests where their ancestral language and customs persisted for 100 years.
- In a fairy-tale cottage, Melvin Kansas performs enchanting music on a traditional Finnish harp known as a Kantele. According to legend, the first Kantele was created by Väinämöinen. All the forest creatures were mesmerized by it and wept.
- Burbot is a freshwater cod, the Finns call them made (MA-day) or matikka. It is regarded as a "junk-fish" by many, but Finns and Finnish-Americans enjoy them, calling them "Finlander lobster." Biologists are studying why burbot fisheries are declining.
- Finnish communities were carved out of the forests in Michigan's Upper Peninsula four generations ago. The Finns here still practice craftsmanship that originated hundreds of years ago. Ancient beliefs are transformed into contemporary folk arts today.