Instructor Tyrrell Tapaha rolls yarn during the Sheep to Loom: Diné-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Tapaha, is a sixth- generation Diné weaver and fiber artist from the Four Corners area who also herds his family's Navajo Churro sheep on a mountaintop, following in his family's agropastoral heritage.

Instructor Tyrrell Tapaha rolls yarn during the Sheep to Loom: Diné-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Tapaha, is a sixth- generation Diné weaver and fiber artist from the Four Corners area who also herds his family's Navajo Churro sheep on a mountaintop, following in his family's agropastoral heritage. (Dylan Slagle)

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Tyrrell Tapaha is a sixth-generation Diné (Navajo) weaver and fiber artist from the Four Corners area of the Southwest who also herds his family’s Navajo Churro sheep on a mountaintop around Goat Springs, Arizona, following in his family’s agropastoral footsteps. “My life is just wake up, sheep, come back, weave - and that’s been my life and flow for the past few years, and it’s taken care of me.” Tapaha, 21, who has been weaving since he was seven, led his first class last week at Common Ground on the Hill, during Traditions Week 3 on the complete process of fiber weaving, from sheep to loom, in the Diné tradition, including processing and spinning the wool, dyeing the yarn, setting up the loom and weaving.

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Instructor Tyrrell Tapaha rolls yarn during the Sheep to Loom: Diné-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Tapaha, is a sixth- generation Diné weaver and fiber artist from the Four Corners area who also herds his family's Navajo Churro sheep on a mountaintop, following in his family's agropastoral heritage.

Instructor Tyrrell Tapaha rolls yarn during the Sheep to Loom: Diné-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Tapaha, is a sixth- generation Diné weaver and fiber artist from the Four Corners area who also herds his family's Navajo Churro sheep on a mountaintop, following in his family's agropastoral heritage. (Dylan Slagle)

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Instructor Tyrrell Tapaha, left, and student Sarah Hyde of Annapolis weave at their looms during the Sheep to Loom: DinŽ-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Thursday, July 14, 2022.

Instructor Tyrrell Tapaha, left, and student Sarah Hyde of Annapolis weave at their looms during the Sheep to Loom: DinŽ-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Thursday, July 14, 2022. (Dylan Slagle)

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Student Sarah Hyde of Annapolis uses a comb while weaving her piece during the Sheep to Loom: Diné-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Thursday, July 14, 2022.

Student Sarah Hyde of Annapolis uses a comb while weaving her piece during the Sheep to Loom: Diné-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Thursday, July 14, 2022. (Dylan Slagle)

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Instructor Tyrrell Tapaha twists yarn during the Sheep to Loom: Diné-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Monday, July 11, 2022.

Instructor Tyrrell Tapaha twists yarn during the Sheep to Loom: Diné-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Monday, July 11, 2022. (Dylan Slagle)

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Balls of yarn to be used during the Sheep to Loom: Diné-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Monday, July 11, 2022.

Balls of yarn to be used during the Sheep to Loom: Diné-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Monday, July 11, 2022. (Dylan Slagle)

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Kristen King's pattern takes shape as she weaves it during the Sheep to Loom: Diné-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Wednesday, July 14, 2022.

Kristen King's pattern takes shape as she weaves it during the Sheep to Loom: Diné-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Wednesday, July 14, 2022. (Dylan Slagle)

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Instructor Tyrrell Tapaha weaves during the Sheep to Loom: DinŽ-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Wednesday, July 13, 2022.

Instructor Tyrrell Tapaha weaves during the Sheep to Loom: DinŽ-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (Dylan Slagle)

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Instructor Tyrrell Tapaha crushes walnuts to make yarn dye during his Sheep to Loom: Diné-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Tuesday, July 12, 2022.

Instructor Tyrrell Tapaha crushes walnuts to make yarn dye during his Sheep to Loom: Diné-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Tuesday, July 12, 2022. (Dylan Slagle)

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Instructor Kibibi Ajanku squeezes indigo dye from a bundle of woolen yarn during an Indigo Dye Magic class at Common Ground on the Hill Traditions Week 3 at McDaniel College in Westminster Tuesday, July 12, 2022. The yarn, made from Navajo churro sheep, will be used in Tapaha's Sheep to Loom class.

Instructor Kibibi Ajanku squeezes indigo dye from a bundle of woolen yarn during an Indigo Dye Magic class at Common Ground on the Hill Traditions Week 3 at McDaniel College in Westminster Tuesday, July 12, 2022. The yarn, made from Navajo churro sheep, will be used in Tapaha's Sheep to Loom class. (Dylan Slagle)

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Instructor Tyrrell Tapaha twists wool into yarn during his Sheep to Loom: Diné-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Tuesday, July 12, 2022.

Instructor Tyrrell Tapaha twists wool into yarn during his Sheep to Loom: Diné-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Tuesday, July 12, 2022. (Dylan Slagle)

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Instructor Tyrrell Tapaha helps student Kristen King of Finksburg during the Sheep to Loom: Diné-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Wednesday, July 13, 2022.

Instructor Tyrrell Tapaha helps student Kristen King of Finksburg during the Sheep to Loom: Diné-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (Dylan Slagle)

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Instructor Tyrrell Tapaha hangs yarn to dry after it was dyed in coreopsis and marigold during the Sheep to Loom: Diné-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Monday, July 11, 2022.

Instructor Tyrrell Tapaha hangs yarn to dry after it was dyed in coreopsis and marigold during the Sheep to Loom: Diné-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Monday, July 11, 2022. (Dylan Slagle)

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Instructor Tyrrell Tapaha taps his yarn with a comb as he weaves during the Sheep to Loom: DinŽ-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Wednesday, July 13, 2022.

Instructor Tyrrell Tapaha taps his yarn with a comb as he weaves during the Sheep to Loom: DinŽ-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (Dylan Slagle)

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A map shows the lands of the Navajo people - Dine Bikeyah - which roughly translates to "the land beneath the feet of the People," during the Sheep to Loom: Diné-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Thursday, July 14, 2022.

A map shows the lands of the Navajo people - Dine Bikeyah - which roughly translates to "the land beneath the feet of the People," during the Sheep to Loom: Diné-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Thursday, July 14, 2022. (Dylan Slagle)

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Student Kristen King weaves her pattern during the Sheep to Loom: Diné-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Wednesday, July 14, 2022.

Student Kristen King weaves her pattern during the Sheep to Loom: Diné-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Wednesday, July 14, 2022. (Dylan Slagle)

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Students Sarah Hyde, left, of Annapolis and Kristen King of Finksburg sit with Instructor Tyrrell Tapaha as they wait for water to boil for their vegetal dyes during the Sheep to Loom: Diné-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Monday, July 11, 2022.

Students Sarah Hyde, left, of Annapolis and Kristen King of Finksburg sit with Instructor Tyrrell Tapaha as they wait for water to boil for their vegetal dyes during the Sheep to Loom: Diné-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Monday, July 11, 2022. (Dylan Slagle)

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Coreopsis and marigold flowers are boiled to make a vegetal dye for yarn during the Sheep to Loom: Diné-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Monday, July 11, 2022.

Coreopsis and marigold flowers are boiled to make a vegetal dye for yarn during the Sheep to Loom: Diné-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Monday, July 11, 2022. (Dylan Slagle)

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Instructor Tyrrell Tapaha helps students Kristen King of Finksburg, left, and Sarah Hyde of Annapolis during the Sheep to Loom: DinŽ-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Thursday, July 14, 2022.

Instructor Tyrrell Tapaha helps students Kristen King of Finksburg, left, and Sarah Hyde of Annapolis during the Sheep to Loom: DinŽ-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Thursday, July 14, 2022. (Dylan Slagle)

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Instructor Tyrrell Tapaha helps student Sarah Hyde of Annapolis during the Sheep to Loom: DinŽ-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Thursday, July 14, 2022.

Instructor Tyrrell Tapaha helps student Sarah Hyde of Annapolis during the Sheep to Loom: DinŽ-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Thursday, July 14, 2022. (Dylan Slagle)

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Instructor Tyrrell Tapaha lifts dyed yarn from a pot of coreopsis and marigold as students Sarah Hyde, left, of Annapolis and Kristen King of Finksburg during the Sheep to Loom: Diné-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Monday, July 11, 2022.

Instructor Tyrrell Tapaha lifts dyed yarn from a pot of coreopsis and marigold as students Sarah Hyde, left, of Annapolis and Kristen King of Finksburg during the Sheep to Loom: Diné-Style Weaving class at Common Ground on the Hill in Westminster Monday, July 11, 2022. (Dylan Slagle)

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