Many and Great, O God

Paraphraser: Philip Frazier

A full blood­ed Sioux, Fra­zier was born in a te­pee, com­ing from a line of mis­sion­ar­ies. His grand­fa­ther was Ar­te­mas Eh­na­ma­ni, a San­tee Da­ko­ta who was con­vert­ed to Chris­ti­an­ity by mis­sion­ar­ies while in pri­son af­ter the U.S.-Da­ko­ta con­flict of 1862. Eh­na­ma­ni be­came pas­tor of the larg­est Da­ko­ta church, Pil­grim Pres­by­ter­ian. Philip at­tend­ed the San­tee In­di­an School, Yank­ton Col­lege Aca­de­my, the North­field Mount Her­mon School in Mas­sa­chu­setts, and Dart­mouth College (leaving the lat­ter to join the army). He re­ceived de­grees from Ob­er­lin Col­lege (1922), Chi­ca­go Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry (BDiv 1925), and Dart­m… Go to person page >

Author: Joseph Renville

Joseph R. Renville’s mother was Dakota and his father, French. An explorer, fur trader, and Congregational minister, Renville helped found the Lac qui Parle Mission in Minnesota in 1835. This song, which is also known as the “Dakota Hymn,” was sung by thirty-eight Dakota prisoners of war as they were led to execution at Mankato, Mennesota, on December 26, 1862. This song was first published in the Dakota Indian Hymnal (1916). Sing! A New Creation Go to person page >

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• Many and great, O God, are thy works