April is the month of the Buttercup. April is the Spring month. The first thunder is heard this month. All the bears, snakes, gophers, and other hibernating animals come out. Coyote stories are no longer told, they have been put away until the next snowfall. This is also the month when the sčyal̓mn (buttercup), yellow bells, and little dog, pussy willows are in bloom. The Salish-Pend d'Oreille people used the sčyal̓mn as medicine. The yellow bell was used as a fruit. It would be mixed with bitterroot.