Dr. Duane Harold King (May 18, 1947 – September 17, 2017)[1] was an American writer, educator, and museum director.
King wrote extensively on Native American topics with a special interest in Cherokee and linguistics.
[3] He went on to work as Assistant Director of the National Museum of the American Indian in New York City, and senior advisor for academic research and program outreach for the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C..
[4] Later in life he was the Executive Director of the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art in Tulsa and promoted to the University of Tulsa's Vice President for Museum Affairs and Executive Director of the Helmerich Center for American Research.
King was honored with the "Dr. Duane H. King Memorial Visiting Scholar Fund" at the Gilcrease Museum's Helmerich Center for American Research in Tulsa, Oklahoma.