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TALKING HISTORY—Filmmaker Michael Loukinen (center) takes questions from Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center Director and Curator Daniel Truckey and history Professor Emeritus Jon Saari.

Finnish American film reveals long-lost U.P. town

Jackie Jahfetson November 14, 2019

A film about a rural Finnish community tucked back in the woods of Baraga County, 82 miles west of Marquette, and a story of the rise and decay of dairy farming and logging sparked a crowd of historians,...

Film series at Beaumier educates about Cold War era

Film series at Beaumier educates about Cold War era

Noah Hausmann January 18, 2018

During the decades of the Cold War, tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union plagued minds around the world with the threat of mutually assured nuclear destruction. Although most NMU students...

Upcoming workshop available through NMU Beaumier Heritage Center

Lucy Hough October 25, 2012

To celebrate Native American Heritage Month, the Center for Native American Studies is holding a a workshop on how to make birch bark trivets. The workshop will be held by Anishinaabe elder Elizabeth...

Beaumier Coffee House Series begins season

Nolan Krebs September 13, 2012

The Northern Michigan University Coffee House Concert Series will begin its 2012-13 season on Friday, Sept. 14 with a concert featuring local bands Team Awesome and Shadow Arcade. The series, sponsored...

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