A Tasmanian Aboriginal artist has called foul play over the Tasmanian JackJumpers handling of their NBL Indigenous Round jersey, which for the second consecutive year has caused controversy while foregrounding deep-seated lateral violence between Aboriginal people in Tasmania.

The club's NBL 25 Indigenous round jersey, designed by Caleb Nicholls-Mansell, was announced earlier this month, chosen by the JackJumpers' recently appointed Aboriginal Advisory Panel of Tasmanian Aboriginal Elders Auntie Lola Greeno, Uncle Rodney Dillon and Theresa Sainty.

Following the announcement, the Aboriginal artist who designed last year's JackJumpers Indigenous Round jersey, Reuben Oates, condemned the selection of Mr Nicholls-Mansell's design, saying the JackJumpers had succumbed to pressure from a complicit, "noisy minority" of the Tasmanian Aboriginal community in adopting the jersey.

"I was left dumbfounded, absolutely speechless, because (Caleb) was one of the main individuals who had attacked me for the last 12 months (and) questioned my identity. He called me out for misappropriating my culture," Mr Oates told National Indigenous Times.

"(The) individual that's designed this year's jersey is one of the biggest reasons we have this divide in our culture when it comes to the whole JackJumpers saga and this whole debacle."

Mr Oates said after designing last year's jersey, members of the Tasmanian Aboriginal community, including Mr Nicholls-Mansell, questioned his cultural ties.

"Caleb and several other individuals have basically denied that I'm Aboriginal," Mr Oates said.

"He basically said 'the culture that Reuben claims to come from', so he's basically questioned whether I'm Aboriginal.

"Saying I misappropriate culture, which in itself is disgusting, given my position as a culture advisor and a leader in the art world."

Last year, Mr Oates' design was pulled by the JackJumpers after Rulla Kelly-Mansell engaged the NBL club saying Mr Oates' design was culturally inappropriate and "highly offensive" to Tasmanian Aboriginal people.

"It's not anyone's decision to decide culture – culture is culture – and it's a part of us just like we're a part of it," Mr Kelly-Mansell said at the time.

However a year later, Mr Oates says the JackJumpers have provided a stage for cultural divide.

"I feel like I've been betrayed by the JackJumpers," Mr Oates said. "It felt like they'd just jumped into bed with the very people that are causing this divide."

National Indigenous Times understands after their appointment, the names of 18 artists, including Mr Oates, were provided to the JackJumpers' Aboriginal Advisory Panel.

However having designed the JackJumpers' jersey the previous season, Mr Oates was not contacted by the panel at any stage.

"I haven't been contacted at all. I wasn't contacted through the whole process. There was nothing professional in writing," Mr Oates said.

The Trawlwoolway man believes the selection of Mr Nicholls-Mansell's design is due to the composition of the JackJumpers' Aboriginal Advisory Group, which he says sidelines himself and other Tasmanian Aboriginal artists from designing future JackJumpers Indigenous round jerseys.

"They (the JackJumpers) are trying to make it sound like the advisory body is its own thing to do with the Aboriginal community, and the JackJumpers aren't attached to that.

"And the JackJumpers are trying to say that they didn't appoint those individuals, which they did."

The Tasmania JackJumpers did not reply to questions posed by National Indigenous Times, however Tasmanian media reported a JackJumpers spokesperson said the club "stands by the process" undertaken to decide upon the club's NBL 25 Indigenous jersey.

"The club understands there are a number of complex, ongoing and deep-set matters that fuel conflict within the Tasmanian Aboriginal community, however the club will not be drawn into further commentary around these issues," the spokesperson said.

Caleb Nicholls-Mansell declined an interview opportunity with National Indigenous Times, saying he would not be feeding into Mr Oates' "negativity" or make any public comment surrounding his "false claims".

"I'm focused on the fact the JackJumpers have listened to the Tasmanian Aboriginal community, appointed senior Elders to their internal advisory panel and that these Elders were responsible for choosing the artwork which is now (on) this year's uniform," Mr Nicholls-Mansell said.