Oregon Experience

From legend to relative: Indigenous Oregonians share Bigfoot’s true spirit

By LaRonn Katchia (OPB)

Oct. 23, 2025 1 p.m.

Cultural and community leaders of Nch’i-Wána, or Columbia River, tribes share perspectives and oral histories on America’s most famous cryptid — as a spiritual being that teaches one to enter into a relationship with the land.