One group found multiple uses for cedar, the other used birch. In the late 1800s, both the immigrant Finnish population and the resident Ojibwe people of northern Minnesota had strong storytelling traditions, and both put great stock in communal living. Both cultures also faced persecution and degradation.
So perhaps it was inevitable that the two groups would mingle, creating a new population of “Finndians.”
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Very interesting, thank you.
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