 He was born in New York City, October 8, 1914.His mother was white and his father, Thomas S. Whitecloud, was Chippewa and a graduate of the Yale Law School.When the Whiteclouds divorced, and Thomas's father returned to the Lac Du Flambeau Reservation in Wisconsin, to remarry and raise a family, Thomas St. Germain Whitecloud remained with his mother, but he seems to have spent time on the reservation as well.