Representative Ben Reifel talking with a farmer standing by a Farmall tractor
Representative Ben Reifel talking with a farmer standing by a Farmall tractor
Representative Ben Reifel talking with farmer standing by a Farmall tractor
Representative Ben Reifel talking with a farmer standing by a Farmall tractor
Representative Ben Reifel talking with a farmer about sugar beets 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 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 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 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, a photographer is in the foreground
Ben Reifel talking with A.E. Crooks, Spink County GOP chairman and president of the James River Valley Beet Growers Association from Frankfort, South Dakota and W.E. (Bill) Bergeson of the U & I Sugar Company in Belle Fourche, South Dakota about sugar beet during his 1960 campaign for Congress
Representative Ben Reifel talking with a farmer near Ipswich, South Dakota, they are standing in a field by a plow
Representative Ben Reifel talking with farmers about sugar beets during his 1960 campaign for Congress
Representative Ben Reifel talking with farmers about sugar beets during his 1960 campaign for Congress
Representative Ben Reifel talking with farmers about sugar beets during his 1960 campaign for Congress
Representative Ben Reifel talking with farmers while standing in a cattle feed lot, there are heifer cows in the background
Ben Reifel at his Bureau of Indians Affairs desk when he served as farm agent to the Oglala Lakota on the Pine Ridge Reservation
Ben Reifel stands with four other men in front of a painting of a man
Ben Reifel with Richard Spriggs, 1971 Junior Man of the Year, Glascow Agency, and another man
Former Representative Ben Reifel (third from left in back row) served as a member of the South Dakota Memorial Art Center board of directors. South Dakota State University President Berg (first on left in back row) and President Briggs (fifth from left in back row) are also present
Ben Reifel with two other men at an event
Ben Reifel with two other men at an event. The photograph is signed: Ben, Best Wishes, I look forward to working with you, Ron
Ben Reifel, Francis Reifel, and Lucy Kramer Cohen sit in an auditorium watching a show
Representative Ben Reifel is talking with Minnesota Governor Al Quie and Representative Jim Abdnor at a Republican dinner in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Young girls performing for Bill Harrison at a fundraising event in Sheridan, Wyoming.
Boy Scouts at the Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico
Part of the business district at Rosebud Agency, South Dakota
Cars used by Morris Wagner of Little Eagle, South Dakota. It is covered with Republican Party campaign posters
Catholic Mission Church at Rosebud Agency, South Dakota
Charles Iron Hawk on Cheyenne River allotment. Married Mary No Water, living on his wife's allotment of 160 acres, 1 room log house with dirt floor and dirt roof
Charles Short Bull living on his father's allotment with a 1 room log house with shingle roof and good floor
Charles Stinking Bear on his share of heirship allotment of 40 acres
People standing on a dock waiting to board a charter fishing boat
Clarence Dillard of Appalachia reads a message at the Mackinac demonstration from executive members of his union. Senior representatives of management, labor, and the professions are taking part in the demonstration with youth
Congressional Command and Operation Group view a paradrop demonstration by the 1st Combat Aviation Company at Boscomantico Airfield in Verona, Italy
Congressional Command and Operation Group view a paradrop demonstration by the 1st Combat Aviation Company at Boscomantico Airfield in Verona, Italy
Congressional Command and Operations group at Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy, during briefing on mission and activities of the IIIrd Missile Brigade
Congressional Command and Operations Group view a Corporal demonstrate the guidance section at the 1st Missile Command in Vicenza, Italy
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 is part of a Congressional delegation that traveled to Santiago, Chile
Thirty man congressional group is Pisa, Italy being greeted by Colonel Eads G. Hardaway. All are members of the U.S. Army Reserve serving two weeks active duty. They were in Italy for a three day stay to observe the U.S. Army's Southern European Taskforce
Members of the Congressional Party which visited Fort Richardson, Alaska on a tour of the training activities pause to chat and drink hot coffee during a lull in the combat demonstration being presented by the 172d Infantry Brigade at Claxton Drop Zone
Congressional Wives Club board at a brunch with the first lady
Alice Reifel and three other members of the Congressional Wives Club has a bazaar
Mrs. Peter (Nancy) Dominick, Mrs. T. Nygaard, Mrs. Ben (Alice) Reifel, and unidentified woman, former President Eisenhower, and Evelyn ?
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
Specialist Five James R. Spates, First Cook of Headquarters Company, 23rd Infantry Battalion, shows Congressmen Harlan F. Hagen, California (standing) and Ben Reifel, South Dakota (kneeling) a Yukon stove at Fort Richardson, Alaska
Congressman Ben Reifel looks at an exhibit in Jade Hall in the Museum of Natural History during an Evening at the Smithsonian
Congressman Ben Reifel shakes hands with a South Dakota homemaker
Congressman Ben Reifel, Martha Henderson, Program Director for International Exchanges, Congressman Joseph M. McDade, and William W. Warner during an Evening at the Smithsonian
Congressman Spark M. Matsunaga, Hawaii, Harlan F. Hagen, California, Ben Reifel, South Dakota, John D. Fuqua, Florida, Albert Watson, South Carolina, Graham D. Purcell, Texas (behind Watson), and Col. Benjamin Anderson, OCLL, pause for a moment of relaxation in a snow cave prepared by men of 172d Infantry Brigade, during a mountain and cold weather survival demonstration by the Brigade, at the Ski Bowl training area at Fort Richardson, Alaska.
Congressman Robert T. Ashmore interacts stands in front of a chart that compares the height with average classes of stature over the world during an Evening at the Smithsonian, Congressman Ben Reifel and Helen Hollis, Museum Technician, Division of Cultural History are standing to the left
Congressmen W.P. Jennings, Virginia (front) and Ben Reifel, South Dakota emerge from a snow cave prepared by men of the 172d Infantry Brigade at the Ski Bowl training area, during a tour of USARAL training facilities at Fort Richardson, Alaska
Congressmen Harlan F. Hagen, California, Clark MacGregor, Minnesota, and Ben Reifel, South Dakota, watch troops of US Army Alaska in recent exercised held at Fort Richardson
Dearly on heirship land of his father Crazy Bear's estate of 60 acres
David Garnier, a mix blood living on this mothers allotment with a one room log house, shingle roof, and floor
David Gillespie living on his Indian wife's allotment of 640 acres with a three room log house, shingle roof, and good floor
Representative Ben Reifel (seated, second from right) is among the delegation of the Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Group
Delores Racine-Blackfeet in American Indian costume with Ben Reifel and an unidentified woman, Ben Reifel is holding a plaque
Indian youth from across America applaud opening day celebrations at the demonstration for modernizing America
Two men sitting in front of a display of two marlin fish attached to a sign which reads: City of Miami, Pier 5 - World's Finest Fishing Fleet
Representative Ben Reifel meets with Don Hunter of Centerville, South Dakota and Merle Flyger of Hurley, South Dakota to talk about the sugar beet industry in South Dakota, Representative Reifel holds a bowl of sugar cubes for Hunter and Flyger to put in their coffee
Dr. Ben Reifel presiding over an assembly discussing Indian boarding school issues, seated at the table are Olaf Nelson, reservation principal at Ft. Berthold Reservation in North Dakota, O.R. Sande, superintendent at Wahpeton Boarding School in North Dakota, and Herman Bogard, superintendent at Flandreau Boarding School in Flandreau, South Dakota
Large group of people gathered in a room and seated on chairs at an event in Washington, D.C.
Representative E.Y. Berry, Senator Karl Mundt, and Ben Reifel, Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from the First District of South Dakota, are on the campaign trail in Pierre, South Dakota
Florence Peale, wife of Ambassador Edward Peale of Liberia, is visiting the Mrs. Robert Orben, wife of the speech writer for President Nixon
Frank Clown Horse's house and allotment of 320 acres rented by Oliver Sharp Fish
Frank Good Lance, Ben Reifel, and Thor Spotted Bear standing by Wounded Knee Monument on Mother's Day
George Gillespie, a mix blood living on his deceased mother's allotment, a one room log house, dirt roof, and dirt floor
People supporting the Goldwater-Miller ticket during the 1964 United States Presidential campaign at a rally in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Governor George Romney of Michigan shakes hands with Representative Ben Reifel. The photograph is signed: To Ben, Best wishes always! George Romney
Holdy Rosary Mission Church and dormitory. This mission the Mother Catholic Mission for the Pine Ridge Reservation
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
Honor Guard ceremonies at Caserma Passalacqua in Verona, Italy. The congressional party salute the colors
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
Ceremony honoring two American Indian code talkers
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
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.
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
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
Former Representative Ben Reifel at a Indian Society seminar at Black Hills State College in Spearfish, South Dakota
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
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
John Bean Robe on his deceased wife's allotment of 320 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 White Bear living on his grandmother's allotment of 160 acres
Johnson Scabby Face on his deceased daughter's allotment as he is the sole heir to the estate of 160 acres