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=== Вера ===
PeopleИлиноиси ofсу allбез socialобзира rolesна andположај positionsу wereдруштву veryбили religiousвеома религиозни, relyingослањали onсу spiritualсе guidanceна toдуховно dictateвођство everyу aspectсваком ofделу theirсвог livesживота.<ref name="Bilodeau"/> HuntersЛовци dependedсу onтражили spiritsпомоћ inод catchingдухова wildу animalsлову на дивљач, warriorsратници су пре askedуласка theу spiritsборбу forод guidanceдухова beforeтражили warfareупутства, andа shamansшамани wereсу regularlyредовно employedрешавали toпитања absolveкоја mattersсе concerningтичу physicalтелесног andи mentalумног healthздравља.<ref name="Digital"/> HoweverМеђутим, withса theдоласком arrivalевропских ofмисионара theкрајем European missionaries in the17. late 1600sвека, Jesuit missions wereјезуитске establishedмисије asсу aосноване meansкао toсредство convertза theпреобраћење IllinoisИлиноиса toу Christianityхришћанство.<ref name="Bilodeau"/><ref name="Digital"/> WhileДок aсе greatвелики portionдео ofнарода theна tribesкрају eventually convertedпреобратио, someнеке племенске tribalстарешине eldersсу rejectedодбиле theда religionsприме andхришћанство workedи toрадиле retainна theirочувању beliefsсвоје inвере theу spiritсвет worldдухова.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Native Americans:Historic:The Illinois:Beliefs |url=http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/nat_amer/post/htmls/il_be.html |access-date=23. 10. 2020. |website=www.museum.state.il.us}}</ref>
=== Народни обичаји ===
TheЈедан Illinoisод menнајзначајнијих andилиноишких womenритуала practicedје dreamтражење seeking,снова. aМомци ritualи inдевојке whichстари youngоко boysпетнаест andгодина girlsсу ofу aboutтоку fifteenовог yearsритуала ofпостили ageу wouldизолацији, paintосликавали theirсвоја faceлица andи isolateмолили themselvesсвог toдуха fastчувара and([[маниту]]а), prayкоји asће aих meansводити toдо revealкраја to them a specific spirit guardian upon which they would depend on to guide them for theживота, restда ofим theirсе livesоткрије.<ref name="Bilodeau"/> CalledОва [[manitou]],потрага thisза vision quest was an important part of becomingвизијом, anбила adultје inважан theдео livesодрастања ofу theживотима IllinoisИлиноиса.<ref>{{Cite web |title=THE ILLINI: LORDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY |url=http://rfester.tripod.com/ |access-date=23. 10. 2020. |website=rfester.tripod.com}}</ref><ref name="lib45"/>
TheИлиноиси Illinoisсу hadимао twoдва burialначина proceduresсахрањивања. OneЈедан isје theбио burialпредвиђен ofза bodiesсахрањивање thatтела wereкоја intact,су andбила theнетакнута, otherа forдруга burialsза ofсахрањивање skeletonsскелета, thatкоји wereсу placedпостављани onна scaffoldsскеле priorпре to the ceremonyцеремоније. OnlyСамо peopleљуди ofкоји theсу sameбили genderистог andпола ageи ofстарости theкао deadумрле personособе couldсу participateмогли asда aучествују partу of their burial crewсахрањивању.<ref name=":63chicagocity">{{Cite web |title=The Illinois Confederation / Illini / Illiniwek|url=http://chicagocityofbigshoulders.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-illinois-confederation-illini.html |access-date=13. 10. 2020. |website=chicagocityofbigshoulders.blogspot.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Bilodeau"/> ForНетакнуто bodiesтело thatје wereоблачено intact,у theсвечану cadaversодећу wereи ceremoniallyстављано dressedу andгроб placedзаједно inса theirпогребним graveпредметима alongкоји withби funeralпокојника objectsпратили thatу wouldзагробни accompany them into the afterlifeживот. AПреко woodenгроба coverје isпостављан placedдрвени overпокривач theirкако gravesби inспречио orderживотиње toи preventчиниоце animalsживотне andсредине environmentalда factors from disturbing theоштете graveгроб.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Native Americans:Historic:The Illinois:Beliefs:Death |url=http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/nat_amer/post/htmls/be_death.html |access-date=23. 10. 2020. |website=www.museum.state.il.us}}</ref>
== Друштво ==
=== Економија ===
The economy of the Illinois people was based on agriculture, hunting, and fishing. They depended heavily on agriculture, and generally had villages located near rivers where the soil was most fertile.<ref name="tolatsga34"/> Maize was the primary crop, but the Illinois also planted beans, squash, pumpkins, and watermelons, and gathered wild foods in the forests. Maize was planted in late spring and harvested prematurely in July, at which point most was preserved in order to prepare for the coming winter.<ref name="Digital"/> The second harvest collected ripened maize, which were eaten during warmer months.<ref name=":63chicagocity"/> Fish was plentiful in the Illinois river, but the Illinois generally did not rely on fishing as sustenance.<ref name="tolatsga34" /> Hunters primarily sought bison, which were also numerous in the northern Illinois prairies.<ref name=":58">{{Cite web |title=THE ILLINI: LORDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY |url=http://rfester.tripod.com/ |access-date=13. 10. 2020. |website=rfester.tripod.com}}</ref><ref name="tolatsga34" /> Hunting expeditions set out as individuals or groups, although sometimes in communal groups in which even women were able to participate. Annual bison hunts often necessitated groups of up to 300 people.<ref name="tolatsga34" /> In bison hunts, groups would split into several groups and surround the bison on foot. When in close proximity, the hunters would shoot their arrows and spears and force the animal in the opposite direction, towards the rest of the hunting party. The women had the task of butchering the bison and would preserve the meat by drying and heating it in order to prepare for the winter, when hunting was not possible.<ref name=":63chicagocity" />
At the time of European contact, the Illinois economy was largely self-sufficient. In the course of their yearly activities, the Illinois people produced virtually all of the foodstuffs and other material products they needed to maintain their way of life.<ref name="Building18" /> However, the Illinois also participated in an extensive trading network. In exchange for hides, furs, and human slaves obtained from tribes living to their south and west, the Illinois traded with Great Lakes tribes and French traders for guns and other European goods.<ref name=":114">{{Cite book |last=Rogers |first=Gerald A. |title=The changing Illinois Indians under European influence: The split Between the Kaskaskia and Peoria |publisher=West Virginia University |year=2009}}</ref> As time passed, traders and missionaries began to settle among the Illinois and their formerly self-sufficient economy became increasingly dependent upon their French allies.<ref name="IlliFacts"/>
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