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

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

Representative Ben Reifel (seated, far right) was on the United States House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture sub-committee in 1961-1962

Representative Ben Reifel (second from left) is with a group touring the new Veterans Administration hospital in Washington, D.C.

Tom Kleppe swears in Ben Reifel as Special Assistant for Indian programs to the Director of the National Park Service in the Department of the Interior, Reifel's wife, Francis, stands between them

Tom Kleppe introduces Ben Reifel as Special Assistant for Indian programs to the Director of the National Park Service in the Department of the Interior, Reifel's wife, Francis, stands between them. The photographs is signed: To Ben Reifel - It is good to have you with us even thought for a short time. Tom Kleppe

Tom Kleppe introduces Ben Reifel as Special Assistant for Indian programs to the Director of the National Park Service in the Department of the Interior, Reifel's wife, Francis, stands between them

Crowd gathered during the swearing in ceremony for Ben Reifel as Special Assistant for Indian programs to the Director of the National Park Service in the Department of the Interior

Speakers of the House Sam Rayburn swears in Ben Reifel during a ceremony

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

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.

Representatives E.Y. Berry and Ben Reifel with Deaconess Link, Malinda Walters, and Bernadette Thompson from Eagle Butte, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representatives Ben Reifel and E.Y. Berry with South Dakota State University President Hilton M. Briggs, Lillian Briggs, and Alice Reifel on the steps of the US Capitol

Representatives Ben Reifel and E.Y. Berry with South Dakota 4-H leaders on the steps of the US Capitol

Representatives Ben Reifel and E.Y. Berry with Roy Beard, state 4-H agent and 4-H delegates on the steps of the US Capitol

Representatives Ben Reifel and E.Y. Berry with Mrs. Wayne Eshelberger on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel, Representative E.Y. Berry, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Quinn stand 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 and members of the South Dakota Bankers Association in Washington, D.C. Front row left to right: R.J. Berry; Hutchinson, Harkison, Lovald, Mateer, Gullickson, E.Y. Berry, Meklhaff, A.W. Powell. Back row left to right: Goodell, Colton, Lynch, Hill, Ben Reifel, Lovre, Larsen, Stilgebauer, Walrath

Representatives Ben Reifel and E.Y. Berry with delegates to the National 4-H Conference on the steps of the US Capitol. Delegates: Sandra Jenter, Mary Jean Steinhauser, Donald Hoar, and Dennis Yeaton. Club agents: Frank Heitland and Elle Ollenburg

Representatives Ben Reifel and E.Y. Berry with Kenneth Nelsen, Dean Julius, Alice Reifel, Carolyn Foss, Lorenne Paulson, Angenette Snyuder, and Dave McFarland on the steps of the US Capitol in 1964

Representative Ben Reifel and Representative E.Y. Berry stand with another man 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

Representatives Ben Reifel and E.Y. Berry with 1962 Girls Nation senators, Judy Caine of Huron, South Dakota and Mary Spencer from Nisland, South Dakota in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representatives Ben Reifel and E.Y. Berry meet with a group of South Dakota Farmers Union bus trippers in Washington, D.C.

Representative Richard Roudebush placing a pin on Representative Ben Reifel's lapel

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 (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 Mike Kirwan, a Democrat from Ohio, is having an American Indian headdress places on his head by an unknown American Indian man

Representative Ben Reifel, Stella Ericson, Agnes Akre, Esther Erickson, and Gertrude Valdal, all of Brookings, South Dakota, on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel, Ruth Hansen, Platte, South Dakota, Mrs. Henry Bartell, Marion, South Dakota, Frieda Hopf, Marion, South Dakota, and Carol Schauer, Brentwood, Maryland in Washington, D.C., the US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel is with Roland Chicoine and Dan Nobr in Reifel's Washington, D.C. office, Chicoine and Nobr are about to put cubes of sugar in their coffee, Reifel is holding a bowl of sugar cubes

Representative Ben Reifel greets Wilma Victor, first woman deputy secretary of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton stands behind them

Representative Ben Reifel, Robert Koerner and Gary Delaney from Onida, South Dakota in Washington, D.C. They received Superior Service Awards for Soil Conservation Service. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel, Rev. Robert Aldrich, United Church of Christ, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Robert Wood on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel, Representative E.Y. Berry, John Foster, and William Morrison looking at a brochure on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel, Representative E.Y. Berry, and South Dakota state auditor Al Hamre 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

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, Mrs. Ray Asmussen, and Nancy Asmussen 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, Leo Rozum, and his son, George, Rozum 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, Judi Sorensen, and Virginia Erickson, both of Flandreau, 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, Josephine Moreno, Arlington, South Dakota, and Frances Brown, Rapid City, South Dakota on the US Capitol steps

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

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 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 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, 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, Gary Kulm, and Sally Kulm on the steps of the US Capitol, Kulm is a field representative from Aberdeen, South Dakota

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

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

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

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

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, and William T. Henry from Volga, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

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 Mrs. C.F. Stilgebauer of Gettysburg, South Dakota on the US Capitol steps

Representatives Ben Reifel, Alice Reifel, Mrs. And Mrs. Alfred Frantz and their granddaughter, Karen, 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

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

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 F. Colby from Pierre, South Dakota the steps of the US Capitol

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

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

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 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 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. Harvey Twedt and family on Hudson, South Dakota 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 Crawford family on the steps of the US Capitol

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

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

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

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

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. Vincent Miller and family, Barb, Donna, and David, from Colton, South Dakota 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. R.W. Habberstad and Lorie Habberstad 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. 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. 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. 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. George Karedis and Mary Photokas, all from Huron, South Dakota, on the steps of the US Capitol

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. 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. 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. Dayle Lerseth and family from Beresford, South Dakota 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. Almus Larsen, Jr. and sons from Sioux Falls, South Dakota 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 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