Ben Reifel and another man with a heifer steer during the Steer for State fund raising auction at South Dakota State University during his 1960 campaign for Congress

Representative Ben Reifel talking with a farmer while standing in a cattle feed lot, there are heifer cows in the background

Representative Ben Reifel talking with a farmer while standing in a cattle feed lot, there are heifer cows in the background

Representative Ben Reifel talking with a farmer while standing in a cattle feed lot, there are heifer cows in the background

Representative Ben Reifel giving a talk in Mitchell, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel giving a talk in Mitchell, South Dakota

Portrait of Representative Ben Reifel, a Republican from the First District of South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel in his Washington D.C office about to sign HR 11413, an act to amend the Agricultural Act of 1961 to permit the planting of additional non-surplus crops on diverted acreage

Representative Ben Reifel feeding an elephant peanuts

Representative Ben Reifel with Boy Scouts from the Aberdeen, South Dakota area, from left to right: Clayton Roseth (Aberdeen), Bob Gill (Aberdeen), Dale Hieb (Ipswich), and Paul Gill (Aberdeen)

Representative Ben Reifel is sitting at a desk while Cub Scout Russell Nelson Gates stands next to Reifel saluting him for a Cub Scout operation called Operation VIP, there is a brass elephants sitting on the desk

Representative Ben Reifel is sitting in a chair, next to him is Cub Scout Ronald Breeden, they are both wearing Native American headdresses, Reifel is demonstrating a peace pipe

Ben Reifel and his wife Alice Reifel speaking with Representative Don Short of North Dakota

Members of Congress in session in the chambers of the United Stated capitol building

Representative Ben Reifel at a YMCA International Crossroads Sunday morning breakfast

Frank Good Lance, Ben Reifel, and Thor Spotted Bear standing by Wounded Knee Monument on Mother's Day

Representative Ben Reifel and a U.S. National park ranger standing outside

Group of five people looking at maps

Representative Ben Reifel is talking with Minnesota Governor Al Quie and Representative Jim Abdnor at a Republican dinner in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Alice Reifel, Mrs. Durwinski, and Mrs. Montoya in California when their husbands were there with the Mexican-United States delegation

Ben and Alice Reifel standing with a man outside of the South Dakota Memorial Art Center in Brookings, South Dakota, they were honored with awards for their years of service on the board

Ben and Frances stand in front of a pine tree with two other people

Ben Reifel at a Nixon for President campaign rally, two women are pinning something on to the lapel of his suit

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

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

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

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

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, greets supporters

Senator Karl Mundt speaking with a woman

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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 people in a men's clothing store 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 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

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 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

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

Members of the South Dakota Nurses Association visit with Representative Ben Reifel in his office, they are looking at a folder of the American Nurses Association Conferenced on Legislation

Representative E.Y. Berry, Senator Karl Mundt, and Representative Ben Reifel are the guests of Harold Levinger of Yankton, South Dakota at the National Retail Merchants Association dinner in Washington, D.C.

Senator George McGovern, Representative Ben Reifel, Representative E.Y Berry, Senator Karl Mundt. Ken Holum, and Floyd Dominy work on the Oahe Irrigation Project in Washington, D.C.

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Indian pageant at Black Hills Ordnance Depot in Provo, South Dakota, showing Helen Morganti of Lead, South Dakota being adopted into the tribe as Princess Silver Cloud, and Chief Afraid of Horses, the show was held for the war workers at the depot; the photograph is signed in ink on the front: Sincerely, Helen Morganti

It was Representative Ben Reifel Day at the New York World's Fair House of Good Taste, Reifel and his wife, Alice, are seen here being welcomes by Lady Malcolm Douglas Hamilton, originator of the exhibit. The exhibit features three homes, a traditional home, a contemporary home, and a modern home

Ben Reifel with a group at the American Public Works Association conference at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago, Illinois

Congressman Ben Reifel shakes hands with a South Dakota homemaker

Representative Ben Reifel (S.D.) and Representative Ancher Nelson (Minn.) are wearing American Indian headdresses and holding a Washington Daily Globe newspaper

Representative Ben Reifel works with Karen Nali, an intern from the University of South Dakota, in his Washington, D.C office

Representative Ben Reifel eating a meal with Jim Conklin of Aberdeen, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel at a Former Members of Congress meeting

Representative Ben Reifel meeting with South Dakota constituents in his Washington, D.C. office. Standing left to right: Don Pattratz, Flandreau, instructor at Canton High School; Greg Eiseland, Canton; Ronald Johnson, Canton; Robbin Bong, Beresford; Leon Yelinek, Canton. Seated are Representative Reifel and James Lounsbery, Beresford

Representative Ben Reifel (seated) with four 4-H representatives; standing left to right: Dennis Yeaton, Mary Jean Steinheuser, Sandra Jenter, and Donald Hoar

Representative Ben Reifel at a reception for South Dakota's best Homemaker of Tomorrow Ruth Krueger left to rights: Margaret McBride, Ruth Krueger, Ben Reifel

Representative Ben Reifel is shaking hand with astronaut Gus Grissom, Betty Grissom stands to the right

Representative Ben Reifel is shaking hand with astronaut Gus Grissom, Betty Grissom, astronaut John W. Young and his wife, Barbara Young stand to the right

Representative Ben Reifel meets with Lyle Gerriott, South Dakota RECA and Tom Venables, National RECA

Representative Ben Reifel with Under Secretary of Commerce Leroy Collins, Representative John Flynt, Secretary of Commerce John T. Connor, and Representative Mark Andrews

Representative Ben Reifel with his office staff in his Washington, D.C. office

Representative Ben Reifel and Representative E.Y. Berry showing an American Indian headdress to two men in Reifel's Washington, D.C. office

Representative Reifel with members of American Legion in his Washington, D.C. office; standing left to right: Ray Gallagher, Merton B. Tice, Representative E.Y. Berry, Representative Ben Reifel, John Chambers, Val G. Stockinger, Matthew Voigth, and Clyde Prouty; seated is Mrs. Voight

Representative Ben Reifel, Representative E.Y. Berry, and Senator Karl Mundt with Lawrence Welk and others at a South Dakota State Society luncheon

Representative Ben Reifel is with Dick Schoon of Aberdeen, South Dakota, and E.H. Dunker of Northwest Public Service Corporation in Reifel's Washington, D.C. office

Representative Ben Reifel with a group of men; left to right: Henry Crow, Major General R.H. Wienecke, Representative Anderson, Irving Crown, Vadm Greenfell, Ben Reifel, and Charles R. Perrin of Senator McNamara's office

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 with Rita Red Starr, Coleen Courey, Kenyon Cull, Peggy Allen and Elgene Lance in his Washington, D.C. office

Representative Ben Reifel and Margaret Ferguson of the South Dakota Nurses Association in his Washington, D.C. office

Representative Ben Reifel shows Don Clausen a Native American headdress and peace pipe. There is a mounted pheasant on the wall above their heads

Representative Ben Reifel and Senator Ed Brooke, formerly Massachusetts Attorney General, are being interviewed

Representative Ben Reifel shaking hands with US Vice President Spiro Agnew. The photograph is signed Ben Reifel, MC, 1st Dist. SD

Representative Ben Reifel shaking hands with Bob Dillman, a Gallaudet College student from Yankton, South Dakota, who won a silver medal in diving in the 1961 Deaflympics in Helsinki, Findland

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

Representative Ben Reifel and William Scranton, Republican U.S. House of Representatives candidate from Pennsylvania meet with two other men at an airport

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

Representative Ben Reifel discuses the food and agriculture program for the 1960s with another man who is holding a book on the topic written by the US Department of Agriculture

Representative Ben Reifel and Dr. Abraham Vereide at a 1968 prayer breakfast

Representative Ben Reifel shakes hands with a man in front of Christopher Columbus' cabin aboard a replica of the ship the Santa Maria

Boy Scouts at the Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico

Senator Karl Mundt, Senator George McGovern, Representative, and William F. McKee with Captain Charles W. Broz, winner of the Koren Kolligian, Jr. trophy which recognizes outstanding feats of airmanship by aircrew members who by extraordinary skill, exceptional alertness, ingenuity, or proficiency, averted accidents or minimized the seriousness of the accidents in terms of injury, loss of life, aircraft damage, or property damage