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Dark Cloud | |
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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Dark_Cloud_-_Elijah_Tahamont.jpg) Dark Cloud, pre-1918, wearing the regalia of Plains Indians. | |
| Born | Elijah Tahamont September 20, 1855 |
| Died | September 17, 1918 (aged 62) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Hollywood Forever Cemetery |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, model |
| Years active | 1910–1918 |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Camp (actress, Dove Eye) |
Dark Cloud (September 20, 1855 – September 17, 1918) was a First Nations silent film actor, born Elijah Tahamont.[1] He was a chief of the Abenaki, a First Nations band government belonging to the Eastern Algonquian peoples of northeastern North America.[2]
- ^ Ellenberger, Allan (June 14, 2008). "Chief Dark Cloud, aka Elijah Tahamont, Hollywood Forever Cemetery". Hollywoodland. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
- ^ Chamberlain, Alexander F. (April 1903). "Algonkian Words in American English: A Study in the Contact of the White Man and the Indian". The Journal of American Folklore. 16 (61). American Folklore Society: 128–129. doi:10.2307/533199. JSTOR 533199.