Representative Ben Reifel at a Girl Scouts handbook presentation, Debbie Bowers and Linda Black are holding handbooks, one is wearing a Native American headdress, Reifel is wearing a headdress and holding a peace pipe

Representative Ben Reifel showing Springfield, Virginia Girl Scouts, Debbie Bowers and Linda Black, Native American artifacts, Reifel is putting a headdress on his head, one girl is holding a peace pipe, the other girl is holding books and wearing a headdress

Representative Ben Reifel with group on the steps of the US Capitol. From left to right: Bill Dickie, Sioux Falls Government Operations Committee, Ben Reifel, Loren Carlson, State of South Dakota Budget Director, South Dakota Governor Archie Gubbrud, and Representative E.Y. Berry

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 with his 1968 interns, Craig Green, Donna Olson, Debbie Spaulding, and D'ann Kyrk. The US Capitol is in the background

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

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

Representative Ben Reifel with Lorie Long on the steps of the US Capitol. The photographs is signed: To Lori Long with best wishes Ben Reifel M.C. 1st Dist S.D.

Representative Ben Reifel with Lt. Col. Vernon L. Watkins (ret) and others on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with LuAnn and Duane Acker and family on the steps of the US Capitol. Duane Acker is the Dean of the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences at South Dakota State University

Representative Ben Reifel with Marvin and Gary Widmann on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with Mary Fuller on the steps of the US Capitol

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 with members of the New Korea Party, Yil Hyung Chyung, Chae-Kwang Kim, and Vincent W. Allin, on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel, William Harrison, Miss Indian America Willamette Youpee, James Battin 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. Clayton Gubbrud and Mrs. Joseph Hoversten on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Dail Gibson and their son, John, from Huron, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Dayle Lerseth and family from Beresford, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Dean Steffe and family, Dan and Diane, from Sioux Falls, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Duane Daniels and daughters Sheila, Dorinda, and Margaret, from Baltic, South Dakota in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Leonard and daughter, Sharyl, from Watertown, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. George Karedis and Mary Photokas, all from Huron, South Dakota, on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Hammer and their children, Barbara, Bruce, and Danny, from Sisseton, South Dakota and Ada Krause, Mrs. Hammer's sister, from Washington, D.C. on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Scott and son, Jim, from Sioux Falls, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Julius Pleinis and their sons, Mike and Kevin, from Aberdeen, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Amandson 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 Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Habberstad and Lorie Habberstad 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

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Miller and family, Barb, Donna, and David, from Colton, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

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 Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Foss in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel with Oscar Hake and his son, Rodney Hake in Reifel's Washington, D.C. office

Representative Ben Reifel with Paul Williamson and Mrs. Carold Tofte on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel presents a Black Hills gold pheasant tie tack President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Representative Ben Reifel with President John F. Kennedy and others

Representatives Ben Reifel and Ralph Johnston, curator of the South Dakota State Universiry museum, stand in front of the statue of Joesph 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 with Representative Mike Kirwan, a Democrat from Ohio

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

Representative Ben Reifel with restaurant owners from South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol. Mrs. G.E. Baird from Huron, Fred Dean from Rapid City, Derold Stacey from Brookings, Lowel Jensen from Sioux Fally, Clifford Larsen from Yankton, and Harold Wong from Aberdeen

Representative Ben Reifel with Sandy Smit on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with South Dakota 4-H Citizenship short course group in Washington, D.C. Mike Bergh, Leon Reiner, Dorothy Stark, Donna McGuigan, Terry Thompson

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 with South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks group in Washington, D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel, Representative Roy Taylor, and others with Stewart Udall, Secretary of the Interior, in Washington,, D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel with the Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Carlson, Sr. and Arnold Carlson, Jr., a cadet in the Naval Academy in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel with the Betty Crocker Homemaker and others on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with the Blair family on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with the Crawford family on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with the Dave Pearson family from Brookings, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with the Dave Stenberg family on the steps of the US Capitol. Dave Stenbers is a candidate for the South Dakota State House of Representatives from Moody County

Representative Ben Reifel with the David Gaarder and Bernard Willard on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with the Don Chandler family on the steps of the US Capitol in 1968

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Welrosby and family, LaZanne, Jolene, Beeby, and Lorri, in Washington, D.C.The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Twedt and family on Hudson, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with the John Babcock family on the steps of the US Capitol. Children are Betty, Beverly, Bobby, Janet, and Sandy

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Olson and their son, Richard, in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Knutson and their daughter, Betty Knutson, on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with the Riegers family on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel standing next to the South Dakota Cherry Blossom Princess Judy Sorenson from Flandreau, South Dakota who is shaking hands with Don White, President of the South Dakota State Society from Pierre, South Dakota in Reifel's Washington, D.C. office

Representative Ben Reifel with the T.I. Potts family on the steps of the US Capitol. Potts is a architect from Watertown, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Winter, Mr. and Mrs. Rod French and their daughter, Susan, on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with Trish Holmes on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with University of South Dakota students, Sheryl Ekern and Sylvia Belatti on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel in his Washington D.C. office with a group representing Veterans of Foreign Wars

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

Representative Ben Reifel, Alice Reifel, and F. Colby from Pierre, South Dakota the steps of the US Capitol

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, Alice Reifel, and John Van Wyhe, Director of Physical Education at the University of South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

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, Alice Reifel, Mrs. And Mrs. Alfred Frantz and their granddaughter, Karen, on the steps of the US Capitol

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

Representative Ben Reifel shakes hands with Roland Noyes in Washington, D.C. Alice Reifel stands between them. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel, Alice Reifel, and William T. Henry from Volga, 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

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

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

Representative Ben Reifel, Catherine Afdahl (left) of Redfield, South Dakota, and Mrs. F.M. Wertz of Aberdeen, South Dakota on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel, Dail Gibson from Huron, South Dakota, A.C. Hauffe from Leola, South Dakota, and Lloyd Ernst from Huron, South Dakota, on the US Capitol steps. Gibson, Hauffe, and Ernst are with the REA

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, Dr. Ella Deloria, and Alice Reifel on the US Capitol steps

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, 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 is showing the statue of Joseph Ward to Highway Department representatives Kenneth Morgan and Derald Thompson 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 holding a proclamation by Archie Gubbrud, governor of South Dakota, appointing Reifel as honorary admiral of the U.S.S. South Dakota battleship while he is looking at a framed photograph of the battleship

Representative Ben Reifel, James Brown, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, and James Hunt, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, looking at a newspaper of the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel, James Gamble, Vern Stephens, and Glem Emmons on the US Capitol steps. Gamble, Stephen, and Emmons are with the REA

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, Josephine Moreno, Arlington, South Dakota, and Frances Brown, Rapid City, South Dakota on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel, Judi Diane LeFebvre, Judy Nelson of Portland, Oregon, and Elizabeth Paso of Lake Norden, South Dakota on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel, Judi Sorensen, and Virginia Erickson, both of Flandreau, South Dakota 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, Leo Rozum, and his son, George, Rozum on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel, Merlyn Johnson, an International 4-H Youth Exchange delegate to Mexico from Valley Springs, South Dakota, South Dakota Governor Archie Gubbrud, and Representative E.Y. Berry in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel, Mike McCann, and Dr. and Mrs. John P. McCann on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel, Mrs. Ray Asmussen, and Nancy Asmussen on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel, Mrs. W.R. Wells of Aberdeen, South Dakota, and her daughter, Mrs. R.B. Herschleb, 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