Forest Pub – Sasquatch: Indigenous Perspectives

Join World Forestry Center and OPB for a special film screening and conversation exploring Indigenous perspectives on Sasquatch.

In “Guardian of the Land,” a new film for OPB’s documentary series “Oregon Experience,” director LaRonn Katchia and community voices from the Nch’i-Wána (Columbia River) region share how Pacific Northwest tribes know Sasquatch not as a monster, but as a protector—a spiritual being that walks between the seen and unseen. The film challenges mainstream portrayals and uplifts a deeper Indigenous understanding of the world’s most famous cryptid.

While OPB’s film was being created, a simultaneous Indigenous-led Sasquatch art exhibition was curated first at the High Desert Museum (Sensing Sasquatch, 2024) and then reimagined for World Forestry Center (Sasquatch: Ancestral Guardians, 2025-26).

After the 30-minute film screening, stay for a rich conversation with film producer LaRonn Katchia (Warm Springs/Wasco/Paiute) and Phillip Cash Cash (Nez Perce/Cayuse), lead advisor to both art exhibitions and featured voice in the film. Moderated by Stephanie Stewart Bailey, exhibition curator for Sasquatch: Ancestral Guardians, the discussion will connect themes from the film with World Forestry Center’s current exhibition, offering audiences a chance to explore how cultural stories shape our relationships with the land and its guardians.

You may also like the following events from World Forestry Center:

• This Thursday, 23rd October, 07:30 pm, Evergreen - Night 2 in Portland
• This Sunday, 26th October, 10:00 am, Free Day at the Discovery Museum in Portland
• Next month, 30th November, 10:00 am, Free Day at the Discovery Museum in Portland

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