President Lyndon B. Johnson and Senator Frank Carlson bow their heads solemnly

President Lyndon B. Johnson and Senator Frank Carlson at an event

President Lyndon B. Johnson and Senator Frank Carlson at an event

Invitations to inaugural luncheons and receptions, as well as invitations to Ben Reifel to attend the 1961 inauguration ceremony of President John F. Kennedy Also Includes a schedule of events for the Inauguration day, as well as information on tickets and transportation.

Invitation and program of the 1977 inauguration ceremony of President Jimmy Carter which Ben Reifel attended.

President Dwight Eisenhower is speaking at an event, there are men holding microphones in front of him

United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower with a group of people

Signed portrait from Senator Karl Mundt to Representative Ben Reifel: To Ben Reifel, A great campaigner with a bright congressional future. You are a real credit to our native state of South Dakota. Karl E. Mundt, U.S. Senate Jan. 16, 1961

Portrait of Major General Eugene F. Cardwell, Commanding General, Southern European Task Force

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

Portrait of Ben Reifel during his 1960 campaign for Congress

Policeman on the airstrip at Joe Foss Field in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Eastern Airlines plane on which Republican vice presidential candidate William Miller arrived on for a campaign rally is in the background

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

Phillip Ritterbush, Special Assistant for Scientific Matters, Congressman Robert T. Ashmore, and Alice Reifel talking during an Evening at the Smithsonian

Group of five people looking at maps

Paul Bear Save Life on an heirship land of 80 acres

Bureau of Indian Afffairs and Farm Home Administration pamphlets pertaining to American Indian culture, census information, and farm loans. Other miscellaneous pamphlets are also included.

Newspaper clippings of Ben Reifel and his various activities and work, as well as clippings of other notable people and events that were happening during his time.

Burdette Solum, president of Norwest Bank in Watertown, South Dakota, Fritzie, Class of 1933, and Ben Reifel, Class of 1932 were all welcomed as members of the Campanile Society by South Dakota State University president Robert Wagner

United State Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit proceedings of Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota v. Ed Driving Hawk case involving an election dispute. Also included is correspondence between Ben Reifel and the attorneys.

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.

Correspondence between Ben Reifel and members of Congress in regards to his appointment as assistant for Indian Affairs to the Director of National Park service.

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.

Minutes from the meeting of the Department of Racial and Cultural Relations, as well as correspondence in regards to Moral Re-Armament, which Ben Reifel supported.

Miss Indian America Thomasine Hill is presenting Representative Ben Reifel an award at the Bill Harrison Fundraising event in Sheridan, Wyoming

Ben Reifel's various certificates and awards from many different organizations and groups.

Representative Ben Reifel is part of the Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary group

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

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

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

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

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

Masahide Shibusawa, Japanese business man, who is in charge of the work of Moral Re-Armament in Japan, speaks at the Mackinac demonstration. He has come to plan for the delegation of 100 Japanese students arriving later in July. Shibusawa's great-grandfather was the founder of modern industrial Japan

Maj. Gen. J. Strom Thurmond accompanied by Honor Guard Commander Capt. Charles E. Guilford salutes the colors during Honor Guard ceremonies

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

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

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

John White Bear living on his grandmother's allotment of 160 acres

John Garnier, a mix blood living on his wife's allotment of 160 acres with a two room log house, shingle roof, and good floor

John Bean Robe on his deceased wife's allotment of 320 acres

Flanked by American Indian elders and overseas delegates, J. Blanton Belk gives the keynote speech at the demonstration for modernizing America on Mackinac Island, Michigan. Ben Reifel is visible in the background looking left

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

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

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

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.

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 left to right: George Lavatta, Special Assistant to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs; Ben Reifel, director, Office of Indian Programs, National Park Service; Louis R. Bruce, Commissioner of Indian Affairs; Dr. Ned A. Hatathli, President of Navajo Community College; Leo W. Vocu, executive director, National Congress of American Indians; Forest Gerard, director, Office of Indian Affairs, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

Book featuring Ben Reifel, as well as many others who have been awarded the Indian Achievement Award of the Indian Council Fire.

Roster of House Wednesday Group members with Ben Reifel's name on it, as well as an introduction and overview of what they do in the group.

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

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

Ceremony honoring two American Indian code talkers

Honor Guard of Italian Carabinieri pass in review before Maj. Gen. J. Strom Thurmond and Maj. Gen. Eugene F. Cardwell during ceremonies at Caserma Passalacqua in Verona, Italy. In the background are senators, representatives and congressional aides in Italy for a tour of the U.S. Army's Southern European Task Force

Honor Guard of Italian Carabinieri pass in review before Maj. Gen. J. Strom Thurmond and Maj. Gen. Eugene F. Cardwell during ceremonies at Caserma Passalacqua in Verona, Italy. In the background are senators, representatives and congressional aides in Italy for a tour of the U.S. Army's Southern European Task Force

Honor Guard ceremonies at Caserma Passalacqua in Verona, Italy. The congressional party salute the colors

Bureau of Indian Affairs officials visit the Holy Rosary Mission in Pine Ridge, South Dakota; from the right: (second) Superintendent Towle; (third) Commissioner Emmons; (fourth) Rev. Lawrence Edwards, S.J., Superior of Holy Rosary Mission; From the Left (fourth) Rev. John Bryde, S.J. , principal of Holy Rosary Mission; (fifth) Ben Reifel, Aberdeen Area Director; (sixth) Representative Ely. Berry; (seventh) Assistant Commissioner Rex Lee

Holdy Rosary Mission Church and dormitory. This mission the Mother Catholic Mission for the Pine Ridge Reservation

Hearings before the United States Senate Committee on Rules prescribing penalties for certain acts of violence or intimidation and interior nominations. They contain statements from Ben Reifel.

Governor George Romney of Michigan shakes hands with Representative Ben Reifel. The photograph is signed: To Ben, Best wishes always! George Romney

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

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

Correspondence between the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge and Ben Reifel, as well as minutes from their meetings.

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

Frank Clown Horse's house and allotment of 320 acres rented by Oliver Sharp Fish

Correspondence between Ben Reifel and the Association of Former Members of Congress, as well as pamphlets and meeting information.

Florence Peale, wife of Ambassador Edward Peale of Liberia, is visiting the Mrs. Robert Orben, wife of the speech writer for President Nixon

Booklets about laws relating to federal corrupt practices and political activities, as well as a letter to republican nominees like Ben Reifel from the National Republican Congressional Committee in regards to filing reports of campaign receipts and expenditures.