Representative Ben Reifel with a group working on the Biscayne Bay area preservation project

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

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

Representative Ben Reifel with American Indian girls from all parts of the United States, the US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel with a man at the South Dakota Art Museum viewing the Oscar Howe exhibition

Representative Ben Reifel with a 1966 Girls Nation Representative, Betty Creighton from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on the steps of the US Capitol

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 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 with Boys Scouts leaders at the Episcopal Church in Aberdeen, South Dakota in 1964

Representative Ben Reifel with Carol Theim, home economist with John Morrell & Co., Mrs. Dean Mehlum, 1967 Mr. South Dakota, and Mrs. Russell Dilly, 1968 Mrs. South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel talking with three colleagues in an office

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, Don Pottratz, Douglas Dittburner, Carroll Torberson, Gary Swenson, Steve Bogue, and Lynn Myers in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel with constituents on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with constituents on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with constituents 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 with constituents on the steps of the US Capitol. John Alland, Mrs. Louis Fiskrum and children, David, Elaine, and Paul, and Patti and Denny Burke

Representative Ben Reifel with constituents on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with constituents on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel with constituents on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel with constituents on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel is sitting at his desk nest to Cub Scout, James Foss, Jr. of Bethesda, Maryland, James Foss is wearing a Native American headdress, Reifel is showing him how to make a hand gesture

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

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 with Don Pottratz and students on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with El Riad Shrine members at a circus in the Sioux Falls arena

Representative Ben Reifel showing Springfield, Virginia Girl Scouts, Debbie Bowers and Linda Black, Native American artifacts, Reifel is holding a peace pipe and the girls are wearing headdresses

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

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

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 Miss Universe, Kiriaki Tsopei of Greece, and Miss USA Bobbie Johnson formerly of Aberdeen, South Dakota

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

Representative Ben Reifel with the 1965 American Dairy Princess Susanne Bradford from Tallahassee, Florida

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 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

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 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 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 three men wearing traditional American Indian costumes