# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-reifel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:56:15.714Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-reifel"
name: "Ben Reifel"
slug: "ben-reifel"
description: "Benjamin Reifel, also known as Lone Feather, was a Sicangu Lakota public administrator and politician. He had a career with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, retiring as area administrator. He ran for the US Congress from the East River region of South Dakota and was elected as the first Lakota to serve in the House of Representatives. He served five terms as a Republican United States congressman from the first district, from 1961 to 1971."
tagline: "Lakota-American politician (1906-1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ben_Reifel.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1906-09-19"
deathDate: "1990-01-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.891938666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "بين ريفيل"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ben Reifel"
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    title: "Ben Reifel"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Reifel"
    title: "Ben Reifel"
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    title: "Ben Reifel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "בן רייפל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump