[1][2][3] Beulah Dark Cloud was born Beulah T. Filson on March 28, 1887, in Lake George, New York, to Elijah "Dark Cloud" Tahamont[4] and Margaret "Soaring Dove" Camp, who were members of the Abenaki tribe.
Educated primarily in Montreal, Canada, she began performing at a young age.
She was reported to be the first Native American student to attend New York's public schools when she enrolled at P.S.
[5] By 1912, she and her father had relocated to Los Angeles to appear in films directed by D. W. Griffith.
[1] She was married to Dr. Arthur Caswell Gawasowaneh Parker on 28 April 1904.