Ben Reifel, Special Assistant for Indian programs of the National Park Service, with Albert Wing, chairman of council, Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe, Espeedie Ruiz, superintendent of Ute Mountain Ute Agency, and Meredith M. Guillet, superintendent of Mesa Verde National Park

Representative Ben Reifel and Representative E.Y. Berry meet with South Dakota American Legion commanders Bill Lenker and Carle Lenker. The commanders are father and son

Representative Ben Reifel meets with East River Electric officials Art Jones, president, and Harlan Severson (standing)

Representative Ben Reifel (seated, far right) was on the United States House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture sub-committee in 1961-1962

Senator Karl Mundt, Senator Francis Case, and Ben Reifel being interviewed on a television set

Dr. Ben Reifel presiding over an assembly discussing Indian boarding school issues, seated at the table are Olaf Nelson, reservation principal at Ft. Berthold Reservation in North Dakota, O.R. Sande, superintendent at Wahpeton Boarding School in North Dakota, and Herman Bogard, superintendent at Flandreau Boarding School in Flandreau, South Dakota

South Dakota delegation and their spouses at an event, from left to right: Representative E.Y. Berry, Senator Karl Mundt, Rose Berry, Web Hill of Rapid City, South Dakota, Alice Reifel, Representative Ben Reifel, and May Mundt

Representative Ben Reifel, Representative E.Y. Berry, and Web Hill looking at a beaded American Indian shirt in Reifel's Washington, D.C. office

Constituents from Mitchell, Winner, and Sioux Falls South Dakota visit Representative Ben Reifel in his Washington, D.C. office; Back row left to right: John R. McDougal, Cecil W. Duncan, Representative E.Y. Berry, Carle B. Lenker, Ray Asmussen; Front row left to right: Bob Payne, Representative Ben Reifel, Bill Lenker, W. Hal Ramsey

Representative Ben Reifel standing in the grass with four other men at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, there is a crowd of people behind them

Representative Ben Reifel is with Roland Chicoine and Dan Nobr in Reifel's Washington, D.C. office, Chicoine and Nobr are about to put cubes of sugar in their coffee, Reifel is holding a bowl of sugar cubes

Representative Ben Reifel (left) examines the new electronic macing at the new Veterans Administration Hospital at the Washington Hospital Center, discussing the apparatus are Dr. George A. Higgin (center) and Mr. J.C. Gillespie, assistant director

Representative Ben Reifel and his wife, Alice Reifel, meet Martha Yunker, the National Homemaker of Tomorrow, and her advisor Melba Ellis

Representative Ben Reifel and his wife, Alice Reifel, meet Martha Yunker, the National Homemaker of Tomorrow: left to right Alice Reifel, Arletta Lischer, Martha Yunker; Harold Lischer; Melba Ellis

Representative Ben Reifel with Miss Universe, Kiriaki Tsopei of Greece, and Miss USA Bobbie Johnson formerly of Aberdeen, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel greets National GOP Chairman Bill Miller

Representative Ben Reifel and Bill Ferguson looking at a copy of the 1963 South Dakota State College Jack Rabbit yearbook

Representative Ben Reifel and Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Johnson in Washington, D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel (center) presents Wilma L. Victor with the Achievement Award of the Indian Council Fire Achievement Award, Inc. Looking on are Commissioner of Indian Affairs Louis R. Bruce (left) and Marion Gridley (right), editor of the Amerindian, Chicago, Illinois. The award was made in the Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel, Representative E.Y. Berry, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Quinn stand in front of the statue of Joseph Ward statue in Emancipation Hall in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, DC. The statue was given by the State of South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel and Representative E.Y. Berry stand with another man in front of the statue of Joseph Ward statue in Emancipation Hall in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, DC. The statue was given by the State of South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel stand in front of the statue of Joseph Ward with Joan Gratz in Emancipation Hall in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, DC. The statue was given by the State of South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with their granddaughters meet Mr. Quinn at the Sioux Falls, South Dakota Republican Headquarters

Representative Ben Reifel escorts Nancy Nadeau, Cherry Blossom Princess, at the 1962 National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel and summer intern D'Ann Kyrk, an Augustana College student from Milbank, South Dakota, working in Reifel's office

Representative Ben Reifel and 1961 South Dakota Cherry Blossom Princess Patricia Lay from Aberdeen, South Dakota

Shirley Temple Black speaks with Representative Ben Reifel

Representative Ben Reifel with the 1965 American Dairy Princess Susanne Bradford from Tallahassee, Florida

William Miller speaking at a Republican campaign rally in South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel and William Scranton talk with two other men at an event

William Scranton signs an autograph for an admirer at an event while Representative Ben Reifel looks on

Representative Ben Reifel shakes hands with an unknown man

Representative Ben Reifel and Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall

Representative Ben Reifel signs an autograph for an admirer at an event

Representative Ben Reifel and three others standing outside of Republican Headquarters building

Representative Ben Reifel talks with two men at an event

Ben Reifel with two other men at an event

Representative Ben Reifel, Barry Goldwater, and William Miller

Alice Reifel with three other women at a Washington, D.C. event

Representative Ben Reifel talks with two men in a Capitol building hallway

Representative Ben Reifel and a group of men are clasping hands in a huddle

Large crowd gathered to watch an American Indian play in a gymnasium in Lemmon, South Dakota. There are tipis and people in native dress, a piano is to the left

Large crowd gathered to watch an American Indian play in a gymnasium in Lemmon, South Dakota. There are tipis and people in native dress

Ben Reifel with two other men at an event. The photograph is signed: Ben, Best Wishes, I look forward to working with you, Ron

Senator Karl Mundt and Representative Ben Reifel, and a group of men with David Hamil (seated) of the East River Power Cooperative in Madison, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel, Alice Reifel, Nancy Hanly (right), and Patricia Donahue (Center) on the US Capitol step

Representative Ben Reifel and South Dakota Girls Nation delegates, Janet Ramsey (left) of Rapid City and Mary Weatherill (right) of Yankton, on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel, Alice Reifel, and Mrs. C.F. Stilgebauer of Gettysburg, South Dakota on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with a young girl in Washington, D.C., the US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel with League of Women Voters members, Mrs. Raymond Badgley, Nevada State president, and Mrs. A.D. Zemlika, South Dakota state president, on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and Mary Strand in Washington, D.C.. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel and Peter Barnett of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel and N.D. Tiwari of India on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel and Whit Rork, Northern States Power, Sioux Falls, South Dakota on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel and Representative E.Y. Berry are with other legislators on the US Capitol steps. Written on the back: RtA (?) Legislation

Representative Ben Reifel, Leo Rozum, and his son, George, Rozum on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel, Representative E.Y. Berry, Adjutant General Homer Jensen from Rapid City, South Dakota, and South Dakota Governor Archie Gubbrud in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel with group on the steps of the US Capitol. From left to right: Bill Dickie, Jim Lloyd, Loren Carlson, Frederick Oelrich, John Schoon, Ben Reifel, Marlynn Broksieck, A.J. Rhian, Harold Levinger, Hugh Danforth, E.Y. Berry, Archie Gubbrud

Representative Ben Reifel and three other standing in front of the U.S. Capitol. The photograph is signed by Reifel, Graham Purcell, and Burt Talcott

Representative Ben Reifel, Robert Koerner and Gary Delaney from Onida, South Dakota in Washington, D.C. They received Superior Service Awards for Soil Conservation Service. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel, Carlton Forsythe and Sidney Bean from Yankton, College on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel, Don Pottratz, Douglas Dittburner, Carroll Torberson, Gary Swenson, Steve Bogue, and Lynn Myers in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel and Mr. and Mrs. U.C. Edwards from Tyndall, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Schmacher from Leola, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Wiest Schmacher from Herried, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol in 1964

Representative Ben Reifel and Mr. and Mrs. LaVern Andersh from Wagner, South Dakota in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. William Sonday from Aberdeen, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representatives Ben Reifel, Alice Reifel, Mr. and Mrs. John Raatke from Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Mrs. Bryce Lay from Washington, D.C. on the steps of the US Capitol in 1963

Representatives Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with F. Colby, and Captain and Mrs. Charles Broz on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with constituents on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson, Thomas Johnson, and Elaine Berdahl on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with constituents on the steps of the US Capitol