Call it Bigfoot, Sasquatch or Istiyehe: Indigenous peoples know it as Protector | Oregon Experience

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Indigenous peoples of the Nch'i-Wána, or Columbia River, know Bigfoot not as a monster but as a protector, a spiritual being that walks between the seen and unseen. For thousands of years, oral histories of Bigfoot have been passed down as a knowledge system, rooting Pacific Northwest tribes in re