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STEP 1. Make sure zipper is closed, and if you're using a stove, this is the time to open the flue portal. Stretch the Tipi out so that a door faces the wind.
Drive a 10 inch peg through BOTH anchor loops of the door. 
  
STEP 2. Stretch the Tipi out completely from this point and pull it quite snug.

 
STEP 3. From this point,  measure back the specified amount  (you can us a 10 inch peg for measuring).
SETBACK LENGTHS (in inches)
4 Man: 28 in.  (2.8 peg lengths)
6 Man: 38 in.  (3.8 peg lengths)
8 Man: 48 in. (4.80 peg lengths)
12 Man: 53 in. (5.33 peg lengths)
16 Man: 68 in. (6.83 peg lengths)
  
STEP 4. Drive a 10 inch peg through BOTH loops of the back door at the setback (again, make sure the zippers are completely zipped).

 
STEP 5. Stretch out one of the center sides 'til snug and peg lightly. Pull out the other side  'til taught, begin your setback measurements. 
Centers are marked with yellow tabs.
STEP 6. Measure back toward the center of the tipi, and stake this anchor with a 10 inch peg.
SETBACK LENGTHS (in inches)
4 Person: 7 in.  (.75 peg lengths)
6 Man: 9.5 in.  (1 peg lengths)
8 Person: 13 in. (1.33 peg lengths)
12 Person: 10 in. (1 peg length)
16 Man: 17 in. (1.7 peg lengths)

 
STEP 7. Pole Assembly.  Slide the lower pole into bottom of center sleeve and affix at the shortest (last) position. Unzip your door without unpegging it, and enter.  
  Seat the pole into the black cone at the top of your Tipi (making sure to avoid the clothesline). 
STEP 8. Raise the whole tent by pushing upard on the pole as you swingit into the center. You may need a flat rock or a peg on it's side to prevent pole from sinking into soggy ground. Press the spring clip of the top pole, and raise it to the locator hole or until tipi fabric is taut. 

STEP 9. Exit the Tipi and zip the door completely down (if you do not do this, and install the remaining pegs, you won't be able to close the zipper). Anchor the remianing points of your Tipi with the shorter pegs,  doing so in a pattern that starts at the sides, and install going toward the doors. Alternate sides, two or three loops at a time,  pulling the tipi down and out tightly as you install each peg. This will give you a snug, windproof pitch. hammer each peg to ground level or just below for a tipi-to-ground fit.

Fine Tuning
Wet weather: you may want to raise the pole a bit if the Tipi gets wet - no need to reset the stakes.
Wind: In very windy conditions, you can pet out the extra cord loops located part way up your Tipi - they're designed to peg close to the Tipi so you won't be tripping over them