Indigenous Round is always a special occasion, but it holds even greater significance for Eddie Betts this year.

The Crows will wear a guernsey specially designed by Eddie’s Aunty, Susie Betts, in the renamed Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round on Saturday night at Adelaide Oval against Greater Western Sydney.

The renowned Aboriginal artist crafted the design to reflect the history and connection between Indigenous culture, the Club and its supporters. Click here to read the unique story behind Adelaide’s Indigenous guernsey.

“Knowing that she (Betts’ Aunty) designed it, it’ll be very special to run out with this on the weekend,” Betts said of the jumper.

"It's very spiritual and it has got a lot of healing as well.

“What the Club has been through in the last three years, I'm glad that she put a lot of healing through this jumper because I think this Club needs a little bit of healing."

Betts said this weekend's round carried utmost importance to Indigenous players.

"It is fantastic round. It's a round that I would love to play in other than the Grand Final - if we make the Grand Final,” he said.

"If you ask all the other Indigenous guys around the league, this one of the games that they would love to play in.”

Photo gallery: Indigenous Crows

All 18 clubs will don a special guernsey to commemorate Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round and recognise the incredible contribution of Indigenous people to the game.

"All the other jerseys around the league, it's a different story, (from a) different artist and you learn a lot," Betts said.

“You learn a lot from it. If you don’t know much about Indigenous culture, tune in this week, because it’s a fantastic week to learn about Indigenous culture.

“I’m still learning as well.”

The 29-year-old is an influential role model to Adelaide’s Indigenous players. Betts knows how important it is for Indigenous youth to have strong mentors, recalling how tough it was for him to move away from family to chase his AFL dream.

“It’s a hard environment to leave. You grow up in the community with all your brothers and sisters and you don’t want to leave them, but you’ve just got to make that commitment to move away from family to the big city,” he said.

“My house is open to all the young Indigenous boys here. They’re around I think three or four times a week having dinner.

“I just want to make them feel at home and not homesick.

“It’s important to have that Indigenous role model at the Club that makes it a lot easier for these young Indigenous kids to come and settle in.”

Betts insists it's a two-way deal: his teammates get a feed, but also change his children's nappies.

"They babysit for us, change nappies, they help us more than what we help them!" he said.

Betts said the Indigenous crew were on cooking duties at the Crows on Wednesday.

"We're cooking up some kangaroo stew, some damper ... hopefully it won't be too yuck for them," he said.