South Dakota State University Archives & Special Collections

Representative Ben Reifel and Senator George McGovern meet with 4-H club members in 1970

Ben Reifel representative of the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe in Colorado in 1971

Representative Ben Reifel and Representative E.Y. Berry meet with South Dakota American Legion commanders

Representative Ben Reifel meets with East River Electric officials in 1967

United States House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture sub-committee, 1961-1962

Senator Karl Mundt, Senator Francis Case, and Ben Reifel during an interview

Dr. Ben Reifel presiding over an assembly discussing Indian boarding school issues

South Dakota delegation and their spouses at an event in 1963

Representative Ben Reifel, Representative E.Y. Berry, and Web Hill in Washington, D.C. in 1961

Representative Ben Reifel with South Dakota constituents in Washington, D.C. in 1961

Representative Ben Reifel at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York in 1961

Representative Ben Reifel, Roland Chicoine, and Dan Nobr in 1961

Representative Reifel tours new equipment at the Veterans Administration hospital in Washington, D.C. in 1965

Representative Ben Reifel meets the National Homemaker of Tomorrow, Martha Yunker in 1965

Representative Ben Reifel with Miss Universe and Miss USA in 1964

Representative Ben Reifel greets National GOP Chairman Bill Miller

Representative Ben Reifel and Bill Ferguson

Representative Ben Reifel and Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Johnson in 1962

Representative Ben Reifel awards Wilma Victor with the Achievement Award of the Indian Council Fire

Representatives Ben Reifel and E.Y. Berry with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Quinn

Representatives Ben Reifel and E.Y. Berry with another man

Representative Ben Reifel, Alice Reifel, and Joan Gratz in 1965

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

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

Representative Ben Reifel and 1968 summer intern D'Ann Kyrk

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

Shirley Temple Black speaks with Representative Ben Reifel in 1967

Representative Ben Reifel with the 1965 American Dairy Princess Susanne Bradford

William Miller speaking at a Republican campaign rally in 1964

Representative Ben Reifel and William Scranton at an event

William Scranton signs an autograph for an admirer

Representative Ben Reifel greets another man

Representative Ben Reifel and Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall in 1967

Representative Ben Reifel signs an autograph for an admirer

Representative Ben Reifel and three others standing outside of Republican Headquarters in 1966

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 other women in 1962

Representative Ben Reifel talks with two men in the Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with a group of men

American Indian play in Lemmon, South Dakota

Ben Reifel with two other men at an event

Senator Karl Mundt and Representative Ben Reifel with David Hamil of the East River Power Cooperative

Representative Ben Reifel, Alice Reifel, Nancy Hanly, and Patricia Donahue on the US Capitol steps in 1964

Representative Ben Reifel and South Dakota Girls Nation delegates in 1964

Representative Ben Reifel, Alice Reifel, and Mrs. C.F. Stilgebauer on the US Capitol steps in 1963

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with a young girl in Washington, D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel with League of Women Voters members in 1963

Representative Ben Reifel and Mary Strand in Washington, D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel and Peter Barnett on the US Capitol steps in 1962

Representative Ben Reifel and N.D. Tiwari on the US Capitol steps in 1964

Representative Ben Reifel and Whit Rork on the US Capitol steps in 1965

Representative Ben Reifel and Representative E.Y. Berry are with other legislators on the US Capitol steps in 1967

Representative Ben Reifel, Leo Rozum, and George Rozum on the US Capitol steps in 1964

Representative Ben Reifel, Representative E.Y. Berry, Adjutant General Homer Jensen, and South Dakota Governor Archie Gubbrud in Washington, D.C. in 1963

Representative Ben Reifel with group on the steps of the US Capitol in 1963

Representative Ben Reifel and three other standing in front of the U.S. Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel, Robert Koerner, and Gary Delaney in Washington, D.C. in 1963

Representative Ben Reifel, Carlton Forsythe, and Sidney Bean on the steps of the US Capitol in 1964

Representative Ben Reifel with constituents in Washington, D.C. in 1964

Representative Ben Reifel and Mr. and Mrs. U.C. Edwards on the steps of the US Capitol in 1964

Representative Ben Reifel and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Schmacher on the steps of the US Capitol in 1964

Representative Ben Reifel and Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Wiest Schmacher on the steps of the US Capitol in 1964

Representative Ben Reifel and Mr. and Mrs. LaVern Andersh in Washington, D.C. in 1963

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. William Sonday on the steps of the US Capitol in 1964

Representative Ben Reifel, Alice Reifel, Mr. and Mrs. John Raatke, and Mrs. Bryce Lay on the steps of the US Capitol in 1963

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with F. Colby, and Captain and Mrs. Charles Broz on the steps of the US Capitol in 1964

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

Representatives Ben Reifel and E.Y. Berry with Roy Beard and 4-H delegates on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Hammer and family and Ada Krause on the steps of the US Capitol in 1965

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Julius Pleinis and sons on the steps of the US Capitol in 1965

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with Georgia Rae Easter Delaney and friends on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with the T.I. Potts family on the steps of the US Capitol in 1965

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Duane Daniels and daughters in Washington, D.C. in 1965

Representatives E.Y. Berry and Ben Reifel with Deaconess Link, Malinda Walters, and Bernadette Thompson on the steps of the US Capitol in 1964

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with Julianne Thomas and Mark Simmons on the steps of the US Capitol in 1964

Representative Ben Reifel with constituents on the steps of the US Capitol in 1964

Representative Ben Reifel with the Harvey Twedt family on the steps of the US Capitol in 1964

Representatives Ben Reifel and E.Y. Berry with South Dakota State University President Hilton M. Briggs on the steps of the US Capitol in 1964

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with constituents on the steps of the US Capitol in 1964

Representative Ben Reifel receives an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the University of South Dakota in 1971

Representative Ben Reifel attends Shriner's Day at South Dakota State University in 1968

Ben Reifel at the dedication of the Jewel Cave Visitor Center in 1972

Tom Kleppe introduces Ben Reifel as Special Assistant for Indian programs to the Director of the National Park Service in the Department of the Interior