Desc: Yooper Creoles: Finnish Music in Michigan's Copper Country: Directed by Michael Loukinen. With Jim Leary, Art Moilanen, Al Reko, Oren Tikkanen. 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."