The legend of Bigfoot has captured the public's imagination for decades

since news of purported sightings began spreading around the country.

But a recently opened art exhibit in Oregon

is offering visitors a new way of thinking about the mythical

creature also known as Sasquatch. Special Corresponding Catwise reports for our arts and

culture series, Canvas. It is said Arts and Culture Series, canvas.

It is said they dwell in the mountains and forests

throughout North America, large hairy creatures who walk upright.

While Bigfoot has proven elusive in the wild, you can find

him just about everywhere in urban environments on t-shirts, business logos, toy shelves, and of course the big screen.

From the 1980s, Harry and the Henderson's,

it's a major discovery,

to this year's Sasquatch sunset.

Sometimes funny, often feared. Now a different way of knowing Sasquatch is on display at the

High Desert Museum in Bend, Oregon. The Sasquatch lives in many different landscapes, not just the mountains and forests, but all across the plateau.

Phil Cash Cash, an artist and linguistics anthropology scholar who is Cayuse and Nez Perce helped curate the exhibition

called Sensing Sasquatch. Through art and multisensory experiences, the deep connection between Sasquatch and native people of the region and beyond is revealed.

Through our experience, we do know and understand it to be a very revered being who essentially watches over our

community is a kind of protector and that kind of information is not widely known.

Outside the exhibit, visitors are asked to leave their preconceptions behind.

Inside, they learn Sasquatch, which comes from the word Sasquots from the Coast Salish

First Nations people has many names.

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