Perching and flying higher than other birds, no other bird is considered as sacred as the Bald Eagle.

The black walnut mainly grows in bottomland flood plains but also can be found on hilltops where the seeds were most likely planted by squirrels.

Blackberries have been used as a food for many generations by Cherokees. Blackberry plants have also been used in medicine.

Bloodroot can be found growing just about anywhere in the Cherokee Nation. It is short-lived and goes dormant during mid-summer after the seeds mature.

Great blue herons typically are found wading near the shoreline of any water body looking for fish, crayfish, frogs, salamanders, and any other food.

Buckbrush has been used for many generations by Cherokees in such crafts as basketry and other forms of weaving.

Cardinals can be found throughout Cherokee Nation as well as in the Cherokee ancestral homelands in the eastern United States.

Cottonmouths typically are found near permanent water sources with plenty of cover. They are quick to show their cottony-looking mouths if bothered.

Eastern cottontail rabbits are found throughout much of the eastern United States.

Dogwood leaves have been used for treatments of skin infections and rashes due to certain antiseptic and disinfectant properties.

Eastern Red Cedar can be found in just about every type of habitat, throughout all of Oklahoma, except the Panhandle.

Gray squirrels can be found in almost any habitat in northeast Oklahoma but prefer areas that have mast-producing trees, such as oak, hickory, pecan, walnut.

Great egrets can be found anywhere there is a shoreline. Although not as common as the great blue heron, they can be found in the same locations.

Huckleberries, when not eaten raw, are used in baking and are put in such food as pancakes and breads, and jellies and jams are also made from the sweet fruit.

Osage Orange wood is renowned for its use in crafting Cherokee bows. It is not an easy wood to carve but affords itself to strong, fast, and durable bows.

Persimmons were eaten raw by Cherokees, and also used to make persimmon bread, and would also dry the fruit to make “prunes”.

Rattlesnake Master is known by Cherokee experts as a “warrior’s plant” and as a “survival kit.”

Cherokees use the wood from the Red Oak to keep the sacred eternal fire burning at pow wows.

The Red-tailed Hawk is said to be a protector spirit of the Cherokees and is therefore considered sacred. Tail feathers were and are used ceremonially.

River cane has been used for many generations in making arrows, baskets, blowguns, and flutes.

Shagbark hickory can be found growing in the oak-hickory forests in Adair, Cherokee and southern Delaware counties.

Snowy egrets, though much smaller than the great blue heron and great egret, are large wading birds with white feathers.

Watercress has been used by Cherokees for generations as both food and medicine. Watercress is nutritious, high in vitamins (esp. vitamin C) and minerals.

The Deer Clan is one of the 7 Cherokee Clans making the White-tailed Deer a sacred animal.