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Pelkie: 100 Years of Finnishness in Michigan's North Woods

Pelkie: 100 Years of Finnishness in Michigan's North Woods

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. Pelkie, Michigan is one of these havens.

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StatusReturning Series
Original NamePelkie: 100 Years of Finnishness in Michigan's North Woods
First Air DateJune 27, 2019
Last Air DateJuly 11, 2019
Seasons1
Episodes3
Episode Runtime 0min
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Original LanguageEnglish
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Part 3: A Farewell to Dairy Farming

The descendants of the Finnish immigrants move away to the cities to go to school and find work. Big box stores pushed out the small dairy farm. Finnish culture deteriorated in Pelkie. Mennonites and strangers moved in while a couple Finns remained.

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