Hidden Discrimination : Edwin J. Wilber and Stereotypes of Native American Soldiers

Abstract

Racial assumptions have been made regarding Native American soldiers for hundreds of years. This study delves into the military career of one man, Edwin J. Wilber, a Native American soldier during the Korean War. It argues that the United States military made race-based assumptions about Wilber's military abilities, including assumptions that he had an innate, biological ability to understand foreign terrain.