How Bigfoot teaches honesty, humility and harmony to Indigenous people – CBC

Mar 18, 2026

Indigenous creators are documenting encounters and generational knowledge about Sabe, Istiyehe and Imoitapi

When thinking about Bigfoot or Sasquatch, many people picture the movie Harry and the Hendersons, or grainy footage of a hairy creature walking through the forest. But for many Indigenous people across Turtle Island, Bigfoot is more than a fictional character in pop culture.

For some Indigenous people in the Pacific Northwest region of North America, the being is known as Istiyehe, and the Anishinaabe call him Sabe. To some, Bigfoot is a spirit, and to others he’s a relative.

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