Richard, Richie (20 de julio de 2016). «Former Senator Jim Abourezk honored». Native Sun News. Consultado el 7 de marzo de 2022. «'I was born and grew up on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. I was the son of Lebanese immigrants who settled in Mellette County. My father came to South Dakota in the year of 1898, returned to Lebanon and married my mother ... my mother was finally able to leave Lebanon and come to South Dakota in 1920, to make South Dakota their home,' the senator said in his statement.»
«Champion of Excellence: James Abourezk». South Dakota Hall of Fame. c. 2012. Consultado el 7 de marzo de 2022. «He was the youngest child of Charles T. and Lena Mickel Abourezk, immigrants from a small farming village in Lebanon.»
