Blackbird, Andrew J., approximately 1820-1908

found: History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan, 1967?:t.p. (Andrew J. Blackbird) cover (A.J. Blackbird) cover (Chief Mack-e-te-be-nessy)

found: OCLC, 11/09/95(hdg.: Blackbird, Andrew J., b. 1810; usage: Andrew J. Blackbird)

found: History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan, 1887:title page (Andrew J. Blackbird) page 3 (His Indian name is Mack-aw-de-be-nessy (Black Hawk), but he generally goes by the name of "Blackbird," taken from the interpretation of the French "L'Oiseau noir.") page 26 (My father's Indian name was Macka-de-pe-nessy)

found: Blackbird's song, 2012:page 1 (He was given the name Penesswiquaam, which can be roughly translated to mean "Big Bird". ... Andrew Blackbird never knew the exact year of his birth. In 1884 he told the compilers of a commercial biographical and local history volume that he was "born south of the Traverse Region about 1820." ... The best approximation of when he was born that can be obtained is his own estimate of "about 1820.") page 233 (d. Sept. 7, 1908) page 93 (it was about this time [1836] that Blackbird began to use the name "Andrew Jackson" and rejected the his baptismal name Amable)