4-H CUTTING INDIAN RITUALS.(MAIN)

Byline: VICKI SMITH Associated Press

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Youngsters in West Virginia's 4-H clubs will abandon some American Indian traditions that a panel found to be stereotypical, officials said Monday. Other rituals, deemed respectful to the Indian heritage, will continue.

Children attending the state's 4-H summer camp take pride in joining one of four tribes -- Mingo, Cherokee, Delaware or Seneca -- and that practice should continue, the review committee announced.

But feather headdresses, ``stereotypical motions and …