Emma Camp Mead

Emma Jane Camp Mead (1866 – December 4, 1934) was a hotelkeeper and herbalist in the Adirondacks; she was a member of the Oneida people, like her mother; her father's family was Abenaki.

Early life and education Emma Camp was born near Indian Lake, New York, the daughter of Elijah Camp and Elizabeth Kennedy Camp. Her father was Abenaki and her mother was Oneida. Her parents ran a hunting lodge, and her father worked as a wilderness guide. She was a great-granddaughter of Polly Cooper. Actress Beulah Dark Cloud was her cousin. She also maintained a farm, and sold her own herbal remedies. She also interpreted news reports for locals who were not literate in English, especially in the events leading up to the Indian Citizenship Law of 1924. This arrangement was reported in newspapers across the United States in August 1883. The couple remarried in 1885, and had a daughter, Bessie, born in 1886. Gabriel soon left the marriage again, There is a collection of her papers held by the Indian Lake Historical Society.