There was at least one Bird who was a Cherokee. They are listed (as well as many hundreds of other Cherokee surnames) in an index of Starr's old Cherokee genealogy book. To view the index (as well as a Cherokee genealogy how-to tutorial, and other rare books), go to Rarebook Reprints. URL is http://members.aol.com/rarebk Note, there is no WWW in the address. To view the index, after you are at the site, go to BOOKLISTS. Then, scroll down till you see the Starr Cherokee Genealogy book. From there, you can invoke the index. Paul Carter