Due to limited funding allocated by the Department of Indigenous and Northern Affairs to the Samson Cree Nation for the post secondary education program, the Nipisihkopahk Education Authority has found it necessary to impose restrictions and develop a priority system for sponsorship of students attending post secondary institutions. It is the position of the Samson Cree Nation that the Government of Canada, through its Department of Indian Affairs, has violated and breached its treaty, trust, fiduciary and other obligations to the Samson Cree Nation and its members by limiting and capping post secondary funding.