Port Adelaide will wear a guernsey designed by the mother of one of its five Aboriginal players when it takes on the Demons in AFL Indigenous Round on Saturday afternoon.

The club will join the AFL community in celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture as part of the annual round, with the design by Brendon Ah Chee's mother Valerie the second commissioned by the club in as many years.

The Power also wore a guernsey designed by the mother of Jake Neade in the Northern Territory in 2013.

Brendon Ah Chee told portadelaidefc.com.au the club invited his mother to design this year's Indigenous Round guernsey and the strip worn by the players against Melbourne on Saturday will represent the relationship of the club's five Aboriginal players on the list with their teammates, club and community.

“Mum wanted to represent support networks, family and relationships,” Ah Chee said.

“The design basically represents relationship with their team mates, with each other, their respective lands because we come from all over the place and it’s important to remember our home country.

“It really important because sport is a huge part of indigenous culture and the AFL Indigenous Round is a great chance to show that relationship.

“It’s just great to show all the benefits that sport can offer indigenous people."

Paul Vandenbergh is Port Adelaide's Aboriginal Programs Manager.

Fresh from overseeing another successful week of the Aboriginal Power Cup - the schools-based education program run in remote and metropolitan schools by the club's community arm Power Community Ltd - he says the league-wide recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and their contribution to Australian Football and the nation at large was important.

“From an Aboriginal point of view, AFL Indigenous Round is an opportunity for us to express our culture, and let the nation and the world know that we are the oldest culture in the world," Vandenbergh said.

“It’s a beautiful culture with so much history behind it and I also think AFL Indigenous Round has become about reconciliation.

“It’s mending a lot of bridges, it’s given people a better understanding of aboriginal culture and I think that’s the key going forward.

“I think it’s about us walking side by side into the future, which is exactly what we want to do.

“That’s what our programs are all about, building that next generation of young people where they are proud, they are confident and they are proud of their culture, but they are able to adapt to the western world and see education as real critical part of their future."

Port Adelaide's 2014 AFL Indigenous Round guernsey is available to purchase through powermegastore.com.au here.