Chiloquin, Oregon

Klamath Tribes Tribal Employment Rights Office

Problem

Corporate gig platforms (Uber, TaskRabbit) extract value from rural areas and don't serve local needs. Meanwhile, neighbors need help but can't find it easily.

Solution

The Klamath Tribes' Tribal Employment Rights Office (TERO) at 501 Chiloquin Blvd enforces the tribe's employment rights ordinance (passed by General Council October 2024), runs a Tribal Hiring Hall skills bank whose database is used to match applicants to job requests, certifies Indian-owned businesses, and hosts monthly trades trainings. The public page, a February 2025 quick reference guide, and 2025 and 2026 tribal newspaper posts confirm the structure the book describes; no source gives the size of the skills bank or a count of placements, and every source is the tribe's own or a partner college's release.

Patterns used: Civic Gig Platform

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