Swifts and Taylors Lake will play their fourth annual Indigenous round match in Stawell on Saturday.
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Both clubs will wear guernseys designed by Wimmera artist Tanisha Lovett.
Taylors Lake netballer Danae McDonald said it was a valuable weekend to express Indigenous culture.
"I'm really excited, it just connects me with my culture more and it's an opportunity to raise awareness about it as well," she said.
"I love that both clubs support their Indigenous members like this."
Lakers footballer Andrew 'Cobba' Harrison said Taylors Lake and Swifts both had a strong Indigenous connection.
"Saturday means quite a lot to me as an aboriginal player, and playing for the club Taylors Lake which has a long history of Indigenous people playing there," he said.
"It goes right back to the 1960s, I believe. My family has played there, and myself and my brother are playing there now.
"It's going to be a pretty special to play for the same team as my uncles, and to don that Indigenous designed guernsey."
Harrison, a Wotjobaluk man, said the guernsey represented the strong connection between football and Indigenous people.
"It goes hand in hand with football - football came from the game of Mangrook, which was a ball game played by the aboriginal people," he said.
"Whenever we put these Indigenous jumpers on, whether it's at a local level or an AFL level, we're putting it on to represent many things.
"We are honouring the people that have paved the way for the up and coming generations ... and to show our history and culture, as one of the oldest living cultures in the world."
The day will also hold special significance for Harrison, after a difficult month.
"Over the last four weeks we've experienced some sorry business - we've had three of our family members lost, so it's been a pretty rough time," Harrison said.
"We are due to put our Uncle Phillip Harrison to rest this Friday, so we'll be thinking a lot about that.
"My Aunty Heather Marks we lost a couple of weeks before as well."
Harrison said it had given him extra motivation to have a great day on Saturday.
"I'll play my guts out for my uncle and aunty," he said.
"Win or lose, we're going to play with pride, we're going to be playing for the jumper and playing for the history of the club.
"It's going to be a good day, win or lose."