Are we living in the dark ages? I just got the November/ December issue of "Community Values Magazine -- Elite Thurston County Edition" and was horrified to see blatantly racist images of stereotypical Native Americans that any Native person would be offended by.

Do people really still believe that all Native American people wear a plains Indian chief's head dress? It’s high time that the mythical, so-called traditional, Thanksgiving dinner meme, where Settlers and Indigenous people supposedly "shared" a meal, be put to rest. The picture is even complete with a stereotypical "drunken Indian."

This is absolutely shameful and humiliating. It is clear that these "Community Values" consist of conspicuous racism, history revision, and disregard for the dignity of local tribes and Native American people in general. Would it be acceptable to portray any other ethnic group, such as African Americans, or people of the Jewish faith in this light?

This publication, and it's supporters, the Tumwater Area Chamber of Commerce, Thurston County Chamber of Commerce, and Lacey Chamber of Commerce, as well as the participating businesses, and the graphic design studio, Atlanta based Pixelution Studios, should be ashamed. Beyond that, they should be held accountable for publishing this detestable image, which can only serve to further alienate Native peoples. It certainly does not encourage me to patronize those businesses.