Religion
They believed that they could talk to spirits, which relates to why they celebrate the dead. Most of the celebrations of death were during the winter.
They were christian because when the Russians invaded their tribe, they forced them to become that, but before that happened, they had a different religion, and a different belief then what they do now.
Customs
The Russians had hunted on eastern islands like Umnak and other islands, they held children as hostages, they would also make the Aleut men kill them. The Russians only gave the Aleuts a little time to hunt and get furs for their own family to survive, but the Russians had a way to show that they have a little care for the life of the Aleuts.
They believed that they could talk to spirits, which relates to why they celebrate the dead. Most of the celebrations of death were during the winter.
They were christian because when the Russians invaded their tribe, they forced them to become that, but before that happened, they had a different religion, and a different belief then what they do now.
Customs
The Russians had hunted on eastern islands like Umnak and other islands, they held children as hostages, they would also make the Aleut men kill them. The Russians only gave the Aleuts a little time to hunt and get furs for their own family to survive, but the Russians had a way to show that they have a little care for the life of the Aleuts.