November 1 was both their New Year’s day and their Day of the Dead. Halloween – the night before ... “The Western Door” is a nickname for Seneca territory, Western New York.

Día de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, is often confused as the Mexican Halloween because of its use of skeletons and when the holiday is celebrated: Nov. 1 to Nov. 2 It's actually an Aztec ...