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

Alice Reifel is with four other women at an event in Washington, D.C.

Alice Reifel is with other women at an event in Washington, D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel and his wife, Alice Reifel, are with Mary Balo of White, South Dakota, who was named the Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow; Esther MacLean, Balo's adviser of Brookings, South Dakota, and an unknown man are also with them

United States Vice President Hubert Humphrey walking out of a door with other people

Alice Reifel is sitting by Senator Jack Miller of Iowa at an outdoor luncheon

Large group of people in front of the building at the Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico

Distinguished Service and Valor awardees and the Secretariat - 25th Honor Awards Convocation - Interior auditorium; Left to Right - Top Row: Captain Matthew V. Carson, Jr., USN, Office of the Secretary; Joseph V.B. Wells, Geological Survey; Christopher J. San Fellipo, Geological Survey; Paul Zinner, Bureau of Mines; Ulric J Gendron, Bureau of Reclamation; William M. Deaton, Bureau of Mines; James Westfield, Bureau of Mines; Elmer P. Myers, Bureau of Indian Affairs; John S. Knowles, Bureau of Land Management; George L. Collins, National Park Service; Charles E. Peterson, National Park Service; A. Clark Stratton, National Park Service; Dick Sutton, National Park Service; Left to Right - Front Row: Floyd H. Phillips, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Alphonse Kemmerich, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries; Administrative Assistant Secretary Beasley; Andrew W. Anderson; Bureau of Commercial Fisheries; Monty Wilcox; Louise A. Wilcox; Orpha R. McPherson, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Secretary Udall; Clara B. Gonzales, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Assistant Secretary Carver; Assistant Secretary Holum; Fannibelle Jackson, Bureau of Land Management; Under Secretary Carr; Assistant Secretary Briggs; Benjamin Reifel, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Father John G. Kuhn, Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle

Bureau of Indian Affairs Commissioner Glenn Emmons shakes hands with Alfred Gilpin on the Omaha Tribal Council in Omaha, Nebraska

Representative Ben Reifel with the 1964 Westinghouse Science Talent Search scholarship winner, Lee R Gerton Snyder of Huron, South Dakota, he was awarded $5,000

Representatives Clark MacGregor (left) of Minnesota and Ben Reifel of South Dakota, sit at the conference table where violations of the armistice in Korea are discussed between the North Korean communists and the United National Command MacGregor and Reifel were members of a United States Congressional group who toured U.S. military installations in Korea

Representative Ben Reifel meeting with South Dakota constituents in his Washington, D.C. office. Left to right: Annette Milbrandt, Rich Loomis, Representative Reifel, Arlen Poppen, Cynthia Sandberg

Representative Ben Reifel with others at the Puerto Rican Cherry Blossom reception in Washington, D.C.

Senator Karl Mundt and Representative Ben Reifel with South Dakota State College alumni. Senator Mundt is holding an elephant ivory carving with Col. Emerich; from left to right: Walt Conahan, Senator Mundt, Col. Emerich, Representative Reifel, and Laurel A. Engberg

Representative Ben Reifel with South Dakota constituents in his Washington, D.C. office. Bob Gradeneauer is handing Representative Reifel a camera; from left to right: Bob Artz, Aberdeen, Lester McNamara, Watertown, and Bob Gradeneauer, Aberdeen, Representative Reifel

Congress Ben Reifel and Senator Karl Mundt meet with four constituents

Representative Ben Reifel meets with South Dakota highway officials Don Rounds, Don Achiten, Rex Leubcher, and Art B. Anderson in Reifel's office in Washington, D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel shakes hands with a 4-H club member while holding an award, other 4-H club members stand nearby, the United States capitol building is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel meets with John Graff, secretary of the Greater South Dakota Association, Huron, South Dakota, and W. H. Rork, manager of Northern States Power in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel with Margaret Ward, Yankton, South Dakota and Sheldon Ward, Pottersville, New York at the dedication of the 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

Secretary of the Army Elvis J. Stahr, Jr. (right) greets Representative Ben Reifel of South Dakota and Alice Reifel at a reception at Fort Meyer, Virginia which followed a retreat review honoring army veterans of the 87th Congress

Ben Reifel receives the All American Indian Days award for Outstanding American Indian of the Year at the All American Indian Days in Sheridan, Wyoming

Representative Ben Reifel, Governor Nils Boe, and Representative E.Y Berry standing 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 talks with A.E. Crooks of Frankfort, South Dakota. Reifel is holding a bowl of sugar cubes

Representative Richard Roudebush placing a pin on Representative Ben Reifel's lapel

William Miller greeting constituents at Joe Foss field in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Miller was candidate for vice president candidate in 1964. Alice Reifel is visible in the bottom left hand corner wearing a white shirt and sweater

Representative Ben Reifel is with other members of the 1968 Democratic National Congressional Committee

Representative Ben Reifel meets with other members of the 1968 Democratic National Congressional Committee

William Miller speaking at a Republican campaign rally at the Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota

William Scranton speaks at a Republican Party event

Representative Ben Reifel square dances with a young girl in a school gymnasium

Representative Ben Reifel is interviewed on the street by a reporter

Representative Ben Reifel speaks with Senator Karl Mundt

Senator Karl Mundt and Representative Ben Reifel clasp hands with two other people

Senator Karl Mundt, Representative Ben Reifel, and another man at an event

Senators Karl Mundt, George McGovern, Representative Ben Reifel, and Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall by a model of a gasification facility for Rapid City, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel and another man discussing the Oscar Howe exhibition in a gallery in the South Dakota Art Museum

Representative Ben Reifel, Annie Wauneka, Navajo Tribal Council, and Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall discussing a book

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

Senator Karl Mundt, Representative Ben Reifel, and another man watch David Hamil sign a document. There is a REA sign on the wall behind them

Representative Ben Reifel talks with two men at an event

Representative Ben Reifel and 1967 intern, Donna Bluehorse, who was also Miss Rosebud, on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel and Aldean Farrell, National 4-H delegate from Bullhead, South Dakota on the US Capitol steps

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

Representative Ben Reifel and Mary Ruth Franzen, a delegate to Girls Nation from Britton, South Dakota, on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel and Harlan R. Olson of South Dakota State College in Brookings, South Dakota, are in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel and Henry Quinn from Sioux Falls, South Dakota in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel and 1965 summer intern Mike Pieplow from Aberdeen, South Dakota on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel and Bob Barker of the television program Truth or Consequences in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel and John Stone, director of Cooperative Extension Service at South Dakota State College in Brookings, South Dakota, in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel, Representative E.Y. Berry, and South Dakota state auditor Al Hamre on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel, Joe Holland, Northwest Bell, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Gordon Thune, Mitchell, South Dakota, and Hoyt Granter, Mitchell, South Dakota Chamber of Commerce, on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel, K.E. Raschke from Vermillion, South Dakota, Hilton M. Briggs, president, South Dakota State College, and I.D. Weeks, president, University of South Dakota, on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel looks at a map with two constituents in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

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

Representative Ben Reifel and constituents standing on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and constituents standing on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and constituents standing on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Knight from California on the steps of the US Capitol. Knight was a former classmate of Reifel

Representative Ben Reifel, Gary Kulm, and Sally Kulm on the steps of the US Capitol, Kulm is a field representative from Aberdeen, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with Miss Indian American and other on the steps of the US Capitol. Dick Hart, Mrs. Bryce Lay, Alice Reifel, Congressman James Battin (above Alice Reifel), Miss Indian American Willamette Youpee, Mrs. Dick Hart, Ben Reifel, and William Harrison

Representatives Ben Reifel, Alice Reifel, and Mr. and Mrs. Doug Randall in Washington, D.C. in 1963. They are holding a South Dakota State College Hobo Day bumper sticker

Representatives Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Walt Bones and their sons, Walter and Steve, from Parker, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with constituents on the steps of the US Capitol. Back row: Ben Reifel, Mr. and Mrs. John DeHaan. Front row: DeHaan's niece, Mrs. Clifton Paulson (DeHaan's daughter), Mrs. E.R. Luken (DeHann's daughter), DeHaan's niece's husband and son

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

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Almus Larsen, Jr. and sons from Sioux Falls, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Ted Blakey and family from Yankton, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Alice Reifel with students from St. Mary's school in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. L.H. (Lefty) Johnson of Estelline, South Dakota and Lt. Cmdr. and Mrs. R.S. Brown of Rockville, Maryland on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with Lt. and Mrs. Roger Zebarth on the steps of the US Capitol

Representatives Ben Reifel and E.Y. Berry with South Dakota 4-H leaders on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and another man walk at a memorial carrying a wreath during a Veterans of Foreign Wars event

Tom Kleppe swears in Ben Reifel as Special Assistant for Indian programs to the Director of the National Park Service in the Department of the Interior, Reifel's wife, Francis, stands between them

Crowd gathered during the swearing in ceremony for Ben Reifel as Special Assistant for Indian programs to the Director of the National Park Service in the Department of the Interior

Rusty Walles, John Sayre, directors of the Mackinac Demonstration, with Conrad Hunte, director of sports program and vice captain of West Indies Cricket Team, at the Mackinac Demonstration

Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of the Mahatma, and Editor-in-Chief of the Indian weekly ""Himmat,"" addressing over 800 delegates to the Mackinac demonstration in 1965

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel in the audience at the Mackinac demonstration

Representative Ben Reifel inspects an aircraft gun aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier

Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier

Representative Ben Reifel is greeted Vice Admiral, Elton W. Grenfell, United States Navy

Representative Ben Reifel and Senator Karl Mundt with others at the Outstanding Reservist Awards

Congressional Command and Operations groups United States Air Force visits Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe near Paris, France. They were received at the International Military Headquarters by General Lauris Norstad, Supreme Allied Commander Europe. Left to right: Major General H.A. Gerhardt, Lt. Col. Hastings Keith; Major J. Edward Roush, Lt. Col. Kenneth W. Hechler, Major Clarke McGregor, General Lauris Norstad, Major W.P. Jennings, Col. Ralph W. Yarborough, Col. Alexander Pirnie, Lt. Col. Ben Reifel, Capt. Ralph R. Harding, Col. William G. Bray. The photograph is signed: To Ben Reifel Loris Norstad

Representative Ben Reifel with a group at Cape Canaveral, Florida

Congressman Ben Reifel at the Clazton Drop Zone training area at Fort Richardson, Alaska, A Nordwell RM-110 track vehicle site in the background. The Congressman was on a tour of USARAL Training Facilities

Alice Reifel sits with others watching the 1961 Gypsy Days parade in Aberdeen, South Dakota

Ben Reifel is on the National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children, the group is on the lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C.

Ben Reifel attends a meeting of the National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children

Ben Reifel, Francis Reifel, and Lucy Kramer Cohen sit in an auditorium watching a show

Signed portrait from Representative E.Y. Berry to Representative Ben Reifel: Best wishes to by colleague - a good Congressman Ben Reifel, E.Y. Berry

Main school building and one of the dormitories at the Rosebud Indian Boarding school, about one mile east of Mission, South Dakota

Trinity Episcopal Mission Church at Mission, South Dakota

Luck Spider Back Bone living on his allotment of 640 acres, 1 room log house, dirt root, and dirt floor

Johnson Scabby Face on his deceased daughter's allotment as he is the sole heir to the estate of 160 acres

Labon Holy Pipe on his own allotment of 32- acres, house build with personal funds

George Gillespie, a mix blood living on his deceased mother's allotment, a one room log house, dirt roof, and dirt floor

Charles Stinking Bear on his share of heirship allotment of 40 acres

Paul Bear Save Life on an heirship land of 80 acres

Representative Ben Reifel speaks at a druggist convention in Aberdeen, South Dakota

Ben Reifel on a campaign stop at the East River Electric Power Cooperative in Webster, South Dakota