Manuel is the son of a Hopi mother and a Navajo father, which, according to Hopi tradition, makes him Hopi. Even though his father, Clarence Cleveland, is Navajo he is acknowledged as one of the better carvers of the Hopi Hano Clowns or Koshari. In fact it is one of Clarence’s Clowns that is featured on the cover of one of the best selling books on kachinas “Clowns of the Hopi” by Barton Wright. Manuel was an astute student of his fathers style and his carving therefore is very similar. Manuel is married and has four children and currently lives in Tsayatoh, NM.