People seating at tables at a YMCA International Crossroads breakfast

People seating at tables at a YMCA International Crossroads breakfast

Former Representative Ben Reifel talking with a man in a classroom

Senator Jim Abdnor is with Representative Ben Reifel, Frances Reifel, and Miss Indian America

Representative Ben Reifel is seated in an audience, the audience is applauding

Representative Ben Reifel and his wife Alice Reifel are with Representative E.Y. Berry and two other people

Representative Ben Reifel is with his wife, Alice Reifel, and Al Gustafson in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel and five other people pose for a photograph, Reifel and the woman standing in front of him are holding elephant figurines

Representative Ben Reifel is with four other men, Reifel and another man are holding sugar beets

Representative Ben Reifel is with a group of people standing beside a library, Reifel and another man are holding an American flag

Representative Ben Reifel is with an unknown man who is shaking hands with a woman while another man watches, there is a sign in the background that reads: Ben for Congress

Representative Ben Reifel is placing some type of wreath or necklace around a woman's neck, three men are standing at a podium

Representative Ben Reifel talking with three men at the Sheraton Hotel

Representative Ben Reifel talking with three men at the Sheraton Hotel

Representative Ben Reifel seated at a table with others eating a meal during an event

Representative Ben Reifel with a group of other politicians at the Inter-American Defense College located on Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel talking with three men at the Inter-American Defense College located on Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel with Lem Overpeck and another man at a Nils Boe for Governor campaign rally, Overpeck was running for Lt. Governor

Representative Ben Reifel is with a woman, they are both holding elephant figurines

Ben Reifel sitting on an elephant in front of the Republican headquarters at the South Dakota State Fair in Huron

Representative Ben Reifel is reading a newspaper, he is wearing a lei around his neck, there is a woman standing next to him

Representative Ben Reifel is talking to a constituent

Alice Reifel in San Juan, Puerto Rico with two other women

Ceremony honoring two American Indian code talkers

Representative Ben Reifel and Senator Karl Mundt standing behind vice president candidate William Miller at a podium at a Republican campaign rally in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Vice presidential candidate William Miller speaking at a podium at a Republican campaign rally in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Vice presidential candidate William Miller deboarding a plane at Joe Foss Field in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Vice presidential candidate William Miller walking next to a man on the airstrip at Joe Foss field in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

People supporting the Goldwater-Miller ticket during the 1964 United States Presidential campaign at a rally in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

South Dakota Senator Karl Mundt speaking with Louise Humphrey at an event

Two men talking during a Republican party event

South Dakota Senator Karl Mundt speaking with two men during a Republican Party event

William Scranton, Republican U.S. House of Representatives candidate from Pennsylvania is speaking at a Republican Party event

William Scranton, Republican U.S. House of Representatives candidate from Pennsylvania is speaking at a Republican Party event

William Scranton, Republican U.S. House of Representatives candidate from Pennsylvania is speaking at a Republican Party event

Audience listening to William Scranton, Republican U.S. House of Representatives candidate from Pennsylvania speak at a Republican Party event

William Scranton, Republican U.S. House of Representatives candidate from Pennsylvania, speaks at a Republican Party event

William Scranton, Republican U.S. House of Representatives candidate from Pennsylvania, greets supporters

William Scranton, Republican U.S. House of Representatives candidate from Pennsylvania, shakes hands with a drum major while a marching band performs in the background

William Scranton, Republican U.S. House of Representatives candidate from Pennsylvania, talking with a supporter

Senator Karl Mundt speaking with a woman

Former Representative Ben Reifel (third from left in back row) served as a member of the South Dakota Memorial Art Center board of directors. South Dakota State University President Berg (first on left in back row) and President Briggs (fifth from left in back row) are also present

Representative Charles Goodell (R-NY), Representative Ben Reifel, and Admiral Ben Moreell, director of the Americans for Constitutional Action, talk at the conservative awards

Alice Reifel stands by a portrait of her husband, Ben Reifel, while a seated woman pours coffee, and two campaign volunteers stand nearby during Ben Reifel's 1960 campaign

Alice Reifel is with two other women, each are holding a doll, during Ben Reifel's 1960 campaign

Mrs. Peter (Nancy) Dominick, Mrs. T. Nygaard, Mrs. Ben (Alice) Reifel, and unidentified woman, former President Eisenhower, and Evelyn ?

Candidate for Vice President William Miller shakes hands with Aberdeen, South Dakota Mayor Clifton Hurlbert on a stage, Representative Ben Reifel is standing behind them

Young Republicans from Northern State Teachers College; Bob England, Lloyd Duncan, Bill Walker, Sue Walker, Gary Kulm

Alice Reifel with two campaign volunteers making telephone calls seeking support for Ben Reifel

William Scranton, Republican U.S. House of Representatives candidate from Pennsylvania is speaking with Bill Johnson

Senator Karl Mundt sitting in a convertible with other men during Northern State Teachers College annual Gypsy Day parade in Aberdeen, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel, David Volk, and Alice Reifel at the South Dakota State Fair

Representative Ben Reifel with his wife Alice in Honolulu, Hawaii; with them are Arlene Jones, Marge Steplses, and Shirley Mlddy

Former Representative Ben Reifel at a Indian Society seminar at Black Hills State College in Spearfish, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel is shaking hands with Alma Larson, secretary state

Representative Ben Reifel was Frosty for the 1962 South Dakota Snow Queen Festival in Aberdeen, South Dakota, he is kissing the cheek of the newly crowned queen Marnah Satviei of Sioux Falls

Representative Ben Reifel and an unknown man in Washington, D.C.; there is illegible writing in the bottom right hand corner of the image

Representative Ben Reifel is shaking hand with Admiral Ben Moreell, director of the Americans for Constitutional Action, Reifel was honored with the distinguished service award

Visitors from abroad surround the speaker of the day, Representative Ben Reifel, at the International Crossroads Sunday Morning Breakfast

Visitors from abroad surround the speaker of the day, Representative Ben Reifel, at the International Crossroads Sunday Morning Breakfast

Visitors from abroad surround the speaker of the day, Representative Ben Reifel, at the International Crossroads Sunday Morning Breakfast

Alice Reifel (far left) is with three unknown people; written in ink on the back is an inscription: With Love to our Alice - Fred and Lorraine

Indian Council Fire Achievement award ceremony held at the National Aviation Club in Washington, D.C., Dr. Ned A Hatathli is the 1971 Indian Achievement award winner; from left to right: Ben Reifel, director, Office of Indian Programs, National Park Service; Leo W. Vocu, executive director, National Congress of American Indians; Louis R Bruce, Commissioner of Indian Affairs; Dr. Ned A. Hatathli, President of Navajo Community College; Forrest Gerard, director, Office of Indian Affairs, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; Tom Colosino Director or Arrow Inc.; Hon. Virgil L. Kirk, Chief Justice, Navajo Tribal Courts; Elmer Bennett, Arrow Inc.

Dr. Ned A. Hatathli, President of Navajo Community College, received the 1971 Indian Council Fire achievement award from Ben Reifel; from left to right: Dr. Ned A. Hatathli; Louis R. Bruce, Commissioner of Indian Affairs; Ben Reifel, director, Office of Indian Programs, National Parks Service; Elmer Bennett, Arrow Inc.

Members of South Dakota State College Class of 1932 meet for a reunion; left to right: William Garthune; Nina Cranston Garthune; Howard Magnusson; Jennie Bang VanDerBerg; Ben Reifel; Fred Fromke; Millard MacComb

Henry Crawford, Leon Clement, Ben Reifel and Artie Travis pose for a photograph

South Dakota State College Class of 1932 reunion; from let to right; row 1: Garrett Holleman, Frances O'Connell, James Etteldorf, Jennie Bang VanDenBerg. Nina Mae Cranston Garthune; Row 2: Ben Reifel, Wesley Neufeld, Eli Ferguson, Ken Schoenwether, Marjorie White Ashbaugh, Adeline Dahl Muehlbeier, Charlotte Christie Jones, Paul Jones; Row 3: Vivian Swenson Strand, Otis Dahl, Merwin B. Wheeler, Liguri Gannon, Donald Craig, Fred Frame; Row 4: Ozzie Stockland, William Garthune, Everard Opsal, Herman Stallbaum, Millard MacComb, Don Pier

Representative Ben Reifel is with his wife, Alice Reifel, and Al Gustafson in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with the Emery Anderson family, Loyce Anderson is standing behind the chair, Lisa Anderson and Laurie Anderson are sitting on Reifel's lap

South Dakota State College Class of 1933 reunion; from let to right; Row 1: Edith Braun, Helen Walters, Francis Ryland Reifel, Winifred Brown Lee, Ethel Bowe Gilbertson; Row 2: Paul Freeburg, Harold Braun, Francis Johnson, Willis Dahlmeier, Kris K. Gilbertson, Elmer Johnson

Ben Reifel talking with a carpenter on the front porch of a house in Spearfish, South Dakota during his campaign for Congress

Ben Reifel talking with a carpenter on the front porch of a house in Spearfish, South Dakota during his campaign for Congress

Ben Reifel signing business cards during in campaign for Congress, another man is standing behind him watching

Ben Reifel talking with a people in a men's clothing store during his campaign for Congress

Ben Reifel talking with a man in front of a store during his campaign for Congress

Ben Reifel talking with people in Rosholt, South Dakota during his campaign for Congress

Ben Reifel talking with people in a place of business during his campaign for Congress

Ben Reifel talking with a housewife in her kitchen in Ipswich, South Dakota during his campaign for Congress, there are jars of preserves sitting on the stove

Ben Reifel talking with a housewife in her kitchen in Ipswich, South Dakota during his campaign for Congress, there are jars of preserves sitting on the stove

Ben Reifel talking with a housewife in her kitchen in Ipswich, South Dakota during his campaign for Congress, they are standing in front of the kitchen sink

Ben Reifel talking with a man in a drugs store during his campaign for Congress

Ben Reifel talking with Mrs. Winerd in her home in Ipswich, South Dakota during his campaign for Congress

Ben Reifel talking to a school teacher at a playground in Ipswich, South Dakota during his campaign for Congress

Ben Reifel talking to a school teacher and a child at a playground in Ipswich, South Dakota during his campaign for Congress

Ben Reifel talking to a business man in Ipswich, South Dakota during his campaign for Congress

Ben Reifel talking to a business man and his employee in Ipswich, South Dakota during his campaign for Congress

South Dakota State College Hobo Day bum band is at the South Dakota Republican Headquarters at the State Fair in Huron, South Dakota, there is an elephant to the right

Former Representative Ben Reifel with Bill and Wynn Pecora; the image is signed in ink on the front: To Ben, with affection - Bill & Wynn Pecora

Representative Ben Reifel with two people in Flandreau, South Dakota

South Dakota State College Class of 1932 reunion at Alumni Days at South Dakota State University; left to right; Front Row: Nina Mae Cranston Garthune, Charlotte C. Jones, Effie Olson Rishoi, Dorothy Whittemore Goose, Ben Reifel; Back Row: William M. Garthune, Ed Painter, Paul C. Jones, F. Clark Trygstad, Larry Gannon, Kenneth Schoenwether, Otis J. Dahl

Representative Ben Reifel with the Goldwater Girls from Aberdeen, South Dakota during the 1964 campaign: Left to right: Peggy Lamont, Donna Patterson, Darla Wollman, Ben Reifel, Lorraine Germer, and Susan Vaughen

Representative Ben Reifel is among a crowd of people at a party, they all appear to be laughing

Representative Ben Reifel and his wife Alice Reifel are with a couple at an outdoor restaurant; there is a note typed on the back: With the Compliments of Congress G. Elliott Hagan First District of Georgia

House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Sub-Committee on Interior and related agencies; Left to Right: George Evans, Joe McDade, Ben Reifel, Winfield Denton, Mila Kirwan, Julia Hansen

Representative Ben Reifel with Representative Mike Kirwan, a Democrat from Ohio

Representative Mike Kirwan, a Democrat from Ohio, is having an American Indian headdress places on his head by an unknown American Indian man

Representative Ben Reifel and Representative Mike Kirwan are among members of the United States Interior Department Appropriations Subcommittee of the 88th Congress

Representative Ben Reifel and Representative Mike Kirwan are among members of the United States Interior Department Appropriations Subcommittee of the 88th Congress

Representative Ben Reifel with Representative Mike Kirwan, a Democrat from Ohio, and two other unknown men

Representative Ben Reifel and his wife, Alice Reifel, talk with the parents of the Fischer quintuplets born in Aberdeen, South Dakota